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Scyphus
Scy′phus
,Noun.
pl.
Scyphi
(#)
. [L., a cup, Gr.
σκύφος
.] 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
. Definition 2024
scyphus
scyphus
English
Noun
scyphus (plural scyphi)
- A kind of large drinking cup used in Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome, especially by poor people.
- (botany) The cup of a narcissus, or a similar appendage to the corolla in other flowers.
- (lichenology) A cup-shaped stem or podetium in lichens.
Latin
Noun
scyphus m (genitive scyphī); second declension
Inflection
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | scyphus | scyphī |
| genitive | scyphī | scyphōrum |
| dative | scyphō | scyphīs |
| accusative | scyphum | scyphōs |
| ablative | scyphō | scyphīs |
| vocative | scyphe | scyphī |
References
- scyphus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- scyphus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “scyphus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- scyphus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- scyphus in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin