φῐάλη [ᾰ], ἡ,
bowl or pan used as a saucepan for boiling liquids, ἀμφίθετος φ. ἀπύρωτος [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.270 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; also used as a cinerary urn, [ὀστέα] ἐν χρυσεῃ φ. καὶ δίπλακι δημῷ θείομεν [[[prev. work] 243, compare 253. ] Refs]
__2 after [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus ] Refs 8th c.BC+], broad, fiat bowl or saucer for drinking or pouring libations, φιάλας τε καὶ ἄλλα ἐκπώματα [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.80, compare 2.151, 7.54; δωροφοροῦσιν.. φιάλας 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 677 (_anapaest meter_); οἰνοδόκον φ. χρυσῷ πεφρικυῖαν 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 6 (5). 40; ἀργυρωθέντες σὺν οἰνηραῖς φ. [prev. author] “N.” 10.43 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of gold, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.151, 7.54, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 1.20, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Critias” 120a (_plural_), “PCair.Zen.” 21.16 (3rd c.BC, assuming variant), NT.Rev.5.8, etc.; ἔλαβε σύμβολον παρὰ βασιλέως τοῦ μεγάλου φ. χρυσῆν 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 19.25 ] NT+5th c.BC+]; of silver, [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 9.51, “IG” 12.313.15, +others, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 12.11, “PCair.Zen.” 327.5, +others (3rd c.BC)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀργυρηλάτους χρυσέας τε φ. [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 1182; φ. λυκιουργεῖς 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 49.31 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; as a votive offering, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.50, “PTeb.” 6.27 (2nd c.BC)] Refs 5th c.BC+], etc.; πίνειν ἐκ φ. μεγάλης ἐπὶ δεξιά [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 223c, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 2.23; φ. καρυωτή, see at {καρυωτός} 11. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2.b used for unguents, ἄλλος δ᾽ εὐῶδες μύρον ἐν φ. παρατείνει [[ 6th c.BC: Xenophanes Poeta Philosophus 1.3 ] Refs 6th c.BC+]; for administering medicines, [[ “IG” 42(1).122.125 (Epid., 4th c.BC). ] Refs 4th c.BC+]