scyphus
Meanings
noun
- A kind of large drinking cup used in Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome, especially by poor people.
- The cup of a narcissus, or a similar appendage to the corolla in other flowers.
- A cup-shaped stem or podetium in lichens.
Word forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin scyphus (“cup”), from Ancient Greek σκῠ́φος (skŭ́phos).
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