scyphus

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin scyphus (“cup”), from Ancient Greek σκῠ́φος (skúphos).

Noun

scyphus (plural scyphi)

  1. A kind of large drinking cup used in Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome, especially by poor people.
  2. (botany) The cup of a narcissus, or a similar appendage to the corolla in other flowers.
  3. (lichenology) A cup-shaped stem or podetium in lichens.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for scyphus in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Latin

Noun

scyphus m (genitive scyphī); second declension

  1. cup, goblet
  2. communion cup

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
  • scyphus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, 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
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.