scyphus Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun an ancient Greek drinking cup; two handles and footed base

WordNet

Scy"phus noun
Etymology
L., a cup, Gr. .
Wordforms
plural Scyphi
Definitions
  1. (Antiq.) A kind of large drinking cup, -- used by Greeks and Romans, esp. by poor folk.
  2. (Bot.) (a) The cup of a narcissus, or a similar appendage to the corolla in other flowers. (b) A cup-shaped stem or podetium in lichens. Also called scypha. See Illust. of Cladonia pyxidata, under Lichen.

Webster 1913