cyathusn.
/ˈsʌɪəθəs/ 1.
a. Ancient Greek History and Roman History: A cup or ladle used for drawing wine out of the crater n. or mixing-bowl; also, a measure (both dry and liquid) = about 1/ 12 of a pint. Also kyathos.
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the world > relative properties > measurement > the scientific measurement of volume > measure(s) of capacity > [noun] > specific liquid or dry units > ancient Greek or Roman unit
cyathusa1398
the world > food and drink > drink > providing or serving drink > [noun] > serving liquor > utensils for
wine basketc950
faucet?a1400
claretc1440
tilter1630
simpulum1672
worm1681
valentia1688
screw1697
bottle screw1699
corkscrew1720
cyathus1768
toddy ladle1807
valinch1823
champagne fountain1835
wine-wagon1848
beer-tray1862
beer-pull1864
oenochoe1871
bottle opener1872
kovsh1884
toddy-lifter1894
set-up1930
beer-mat1939
a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xix. cxxviii. 1373 Þe wiȝt ciacus [read ciatus; 1495 de Worde Ciatus] conteyneþ ten dragmes.
1658 J. Rowland tr. T. Moffett Theater of Insects in Topsell's Hist. Four-footed Beasts (rev. ed.) 1104 In three cyathi of water they will break inward Impostumes.
1768 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued II. ii. 246 Hyle bears no greater proportion therein to Soul than the drops in a cyathus to the waters of the ocean.
1889 Cent. Dict. Kyathos.
1935 G. M. A. Richter & M. J. Milne Shapes & Names Athenian Vases 30 Kyathos... Ladle in the form of a cup with foot and long upward curving handle.
1948 A. Lane Greek Pottery ii. 9 The kyathos or ladle for dipping the mixture off into jugs.
1960 R. G. Haggar Conc. Encycl. Continental Pottery & Porcelain 211/1 Kyathos—ladle;..Oenochoe—jug for wine; Kylix—shallow stem cup.
b. Medicine. Used in prescriptions for a wine glass. (Abbreviated cyath.)
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the world > health and disease > healing > pharmacy > [noun] > pharmacist's equipment
cyath?1543
slice1611
oculist's stamp1778
pharmacometer1830
medicine stamp1849
medicine seal1851
pill tile1852
cyathus1854
pill slab1893
1854 C. D. Badham Prose Halieutics 522 The cyathus..was of as uncertain dimensions as our modern wine-glass, which is the medical cyathus, and a fair equivalent.
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2. Botany. ‘The cup-like body which contains propagula or the reproductive bodies of Marchantia’ ( Treasury Bot. 1866).
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