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scyphus

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
scy-phus
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A kind of large drinking cup used in Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome, especially by poor people.

noun

The cup of a narcissus, or a similar appendage to the corolla in other flowers.

noun

A cup-shaped stem or podetium in lichens.

Etymology

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

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: σκῠ́φος

Inflected Forms

scyphi (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

skyphos

Questions

What does scyphus mean?
A kind of large drinking cup used in Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome, especially by poor people.
Where does scyphus come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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