scyphus

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A kind of large drinking cup used in Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome, especially by poor people.
  2. The cup of a narcissus, or a similar appendage to the corolla in other flowers.
  3. A cup-shaped stem or podetium in lichens.

Word forms

scyphus scyphi

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin scyphus (“cup”), from Ancient Greek σκῠ́φος (skŭ́phos).

Related words

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