scyphus

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Definition of scyphus

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A kind of large drinking cup used in Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome, especially by poor people.
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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.

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Etymology

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

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