scyphus

American  

[sahy-fuhs] / ˈsaɪ fəs /

noun

plural

scyphi

1. a cup-shaped part, as of a flower.

2. skyphos.

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scyphus British  

/ ˈsaɪfəs /

noun

1. an ancient Greek two-handled drinking cup without a footed base

2. botany a cuplike body formed at the end of the thallus in certain lichens

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Etymology

Origin of scyphus

First recorded in 1720–80; from Latin, from Greek skýphos; see origin at skyphos ( def. )

Example Sentences

"Nec bella fuerunt, Faginus astabat dum scyphus ante dapes."

From Walden by Thoreau, Henry David

Polla, potenta, tribon, baculus, scyphus: arcta supellex   Haec fuerant Cinici, sed putat hanc nimiam: Namque cavis manibus cernens potare bubulcum,   Cur, scyphe, te, dixit, gusto supervacuum?

From The Lucasta Poems by Lovelace, Richard

The generic name for a cup was poculum, but the Romans borrowed many of the Greek names, such as cantharus and scyphus.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" by Various

In the Sixth City appear forms more nearly approaching those of later times, particularly prototypes of the cantharus and scyphus.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 7 "Drama" to "Dublin" by Various