φῐάλη [ᾰ], ἡ,
bowl or
pan used as a saucepan for boiling liquids, ἀμφίθετος φ. ἀπύρωτος [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; also used as a
cinerary urn, [ὀστέα] ἐν χρυσεῃ φ. καὶ δίπλακι δημῷ θείομεν [
Refs]
2) after [
Refs 8th c.BC+],
broad, fiat bowl or
saucer for drinking or pouring libations, φιάλας τε καὶ ἄλλα ἐκπώματα [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; of gold, [
NT+5th c.BC+]; of silver, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀργυρηλάτους χρυσέας τε φ. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; as a votive offering, [
Refs 5th c.BC+], etc; πίνειν ἐκ φ. μεγάλης ἐπὶ δεξιά [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
2.b) used for unguents, ἄλλος δ᾽ εὐῶδες μύρον ἐν φ. παρατείνει [
Refs 6th c.BC+]; for administering medicines, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
2.c) τὸ ἐκ φιάλης revenue, perhaps from a
collecting-bowl, [
Refs 3rd c.BC+]
II) from its broad flat shape, φιάλη Ἄρεως
metaphorically for ἀσπίς,
shield, cited from [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
III)
ornament used in a coffered ceiling, [
Refs 2nd c.BC+].—The form
φιέλη was less
Attic dialect, [
Refs]