cyathus

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κύαθος (kúathos, “ladle”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈky.a.tʰus/, [ˈkyät̪ʰʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃi.a.tus/, [ˈt͡ʃiːät̪us]

Noun

cyathus m (genitive cyathī); second declension

1. a small ladle
2. a measure of wine
3. a small beaker

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cyathus	cyathī
Genitive	cyathī	cyathōrum
Dative	cyathō	cyathīs
Accusative	cyathum	cyathōs
Ablative	cyathō	cyathīs
Vocative	cyathe	cyathī

See also

• cheme
• mystrum

References

• “cyathus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “cyathus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• cyathus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “cyathus”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia‎^[1]
• “cyathus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “cyathus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
• “cyathus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• “cyathus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin