σκύφος

A. cup, can, esp. used by peasants, Od. 14.112 (where Aristarch. read δῶκε σκύφον, Ar.Byz. σκύφος): neut. in Epich. 83, E. Cyc. 390,411, Fr. 146, Epig. 3, Alex. 130, Archipp. 7, PCair.Zen. 327.26, al. (iii B.C.); masc. in Alcm. 34, Anacr. 82 (where σκύπφον), Simon. 246, B. Fr. 17, Sophr. 15, E. Cyc. 256,556, Arist. Pol. 1324b17, OGI 214.54 (Didyma, iii B.C.), etc.:—of wooden milk-vessels, Theoc. 1.143; κισσοῦ ς., κίσσινον ς.,= κισσύβιον, E. Cyc. 390, Fr. 146.

2. perh. skull (cf. σκυφίον 11), PMag.Par. 1.1996, al. [υ:—but σκύπφος in Hes. Frr. 165,166, Anaximand. Hist. 1 J., Panyas. 4, IG 11(2).110 (Delos, iii B.C.), al.]