scyphus

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: scy=phus

CIDE DICTIONARY

scyphus, n. [L., a cup, Gr. sky`fos.].

•  A kind of large drinking cup, -- used by Greeks and Romans, esp. by poor folk.  [1913 Webster]
•  The cup of a narcissus, or a similar appendage to the corolla in other flowers.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

scyphus, n. (pl. scyphi)
1 Gk Antiq. a footless drinking-cup with two handles below the level of the rim.
2 Bot. a cup-shaped part as in a narcissus flower or in lichens.

Derivative

scyphose adj.

Etymology

mod.L f. Gk skuphos