scyphus

1. 1.

   an ancient Greek drinking cup; two handles and footed base

   Broadercup

Other forms of scyphus

plural

scyphi

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about scyphus

What does scyphus mean?

scyphus means "an ancient Greek drinking cup; two handles and footed base".

How many syllables are in scyphus?

scyphus has 2 syllables: scy-phus. The stress falls on "scy".

Is scyphus a common word?

scyphus is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.