'Scyphus' definitions:
Definition of 'scyphus'
From: WordNet
noun
An ancient Greek drinking cup; two handles and footed base
Definition of 'Scyphus'
From: GCIDE
- Scyphus \Scy"phus\, n.; pl. Scyphi. [L., a cup, Gr. sky`fos.]
- 1. (Antiq.) A kind of large drinking cup, -- used by Greeks and Romans, esp. by poor folk. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]