scyphus

noun

scy·​phus

ˈsīfəs

plural scyphi

-ˌfī

1

or skyphos

ˈskīˌfäs

plural skyphoi

-ˌfȯi

: a drinking vessel with a deep body, flat bottom, and two small horizontal handles near the rim and used especially in ancient Greece

2

[New Latin, from Latin, cup] : a cup-shaped enlargement of the podetium in lichens

called also scypha

Word History

Etymology

Latin, from Greek skyphos

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