scyphus

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

scyphus
    n 1: an ancient Greek drinking cup; two handles and footed base

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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.
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   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}.
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