φιάλη

phiale

bowl

Appears 13 times across Aristotle's works.

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Rhetoric 5
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Book III 5
Chapter 4 1406b20–1407a18

1407a17
1407a18

Chapter 11 1411b22–1413b2

1413a1
1413a3
1413a6
Poetics 4
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Chapter 21 1457a31–1458a17

1457b20
1457b21
1457b22
1457b32
Metaphysics 1
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Book Δ 1
Chapter 2 1013a24–1014a25

1013a26
Meteorology 1
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Book IV 1
Chapter 12 389b23–390b22

390b13
Oeconomica 1
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Book II 1
Chapter 2 1346a32–1353b27

1353b23
Physics 1
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Book II 1
Chapter 3 194b16–195b30

194b25

Dictionary (LSJ)

φιάλη [ᾰ], ἡ, A. 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 12.313.15, 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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