Scyphus

·noun A kind of large drinking cup, — used by Greeks and Romans, ·esp. by poor folk.

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

III. Scyphus ·noun A cup-shaped stem or podetium in lichens. Also called scypha. ·see ·Illust. of Cladonia pyxidata, under Lichen.

scyphus
scyphus, i, m., = σκύφος, a cup , goblet (cf.: calix, poculum), Plaut. As. 2, 4, 38; Varr. ap. ...

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
scyphus
scyphus ī, m , σκύφος, a cup, large cup, beaker, goblet: alicuius preti: scyphorum paria complura: ...

An Elementary Latin Dictionary