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φιάλη

φιάλη, a broad, flat vessel, a bowl

φῐάλη [ᾰ], ἡ,
  • bowl or pan used as a saucepan for boiling liquids, ἀμφίθετος φ. ἀπύρωτος Il. 23.270; also used as a cinerary urn, [ὀστέα] ἐν χρυσεῃ φ. καὶ δίπλακι δημῷ θείομεν ib. 243, cf. 253.
      • 2 after Hom., broad, flat bowl or saucer for drinking or pouring libations, φιάλας τε καὶ ἄλλα ἐκπώματα Hdt. 9.80, cf. 2.151, 7.54; δωροφοροῦσιν . . φιάλας Ar. V. 677 (anap.); οἰνοδόκον φ. χρυσῷ πεφρικυῖαν Pi. I. 6(5).40; ἀργυρωθέντες σὺν οἰνηραῖς φ. Id. N. 10.43; of gold, Hdt. 2.151, 7.54, Pi. I. 1.20, Pl. Criti. 120a (pl.), PCair.Zen. 21.16 (iii B. C., s. v. l.), Apoc. 5.8, etc.; ἔλαβε σύμβολον παρὰ βασιλέως τοῦ μεγάλου φ. χρυσῆν Lys. 19.25; of silver, Pi. N. 9.51, IG 1(2).313.15, al., Lys. 12.11, PCair.Zen. 327.5, al. (iii B. C.); ἀργυρηλάτους χρυσέας τε φ. E. Ion 1182; φ. λυκιουργεῖς D. 49.31; as a votive offering, Hdt. 1.50, PTeb. 6.27 (ii B. C.), etc.; πίνειν ἐκ φ. μεγάλης ἐπὶ δεξιά Pl. Smp. 223c, cf. X. Smp. 2.23; φ. καρυωτή, v. καρυωτός II.
        • b used for unguents, ἄλλος δʼ εὐῶδες μύρον ἐν φ. παρατείνει Xenoph. 1.3; for administering medicines, IG 42(1).122.125 (Epid., iv B. C.).
        • c τὸ ἐκ φιάλης revenue, perh. from a collecting-bowl, IG 11(2).161A 116 (Delos, iii B. C.), cf. Inscr.Delos 442A 156 (ii B. C.).
    • II from its broad flat shape, φιάλη Ἄρεως metaph. for ἀσπίς, shield, cited from Tim. (Fr. 22) by Antiph. 112, cf. Anaxandr. 80, Arist. Rh. 1412b35.
    • III ornament used in a coffered ceiling, Agatharch. 102.—The form φιέλη was less Att., Moer. p.389 P.

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