Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
SCYPHUS
scyphus
(noun) an ancient Greek drinking cup; two handles and footed base
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
scyphus (plural scyphi)
A kind of large drinking cup used in Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome, especially by poor people.
(botany) The cup of a narcissus, or a similar appendage to the corolla in other flowers.
(lichenology) A cup-shaped stem or podetium in lichens.
Source: Wiktionary
Scy"phus, n.; pl. Scyphi. Etym: [L., a cup, Gr.
1. (Antiq.)
Definition: A kind of large drinking cup, -- used by Greeks and Romans, esp. by poor folk.
2. (Bot.) (a) The cup of a narcissus, or a similar appendage to the corolla in other flowers. (b) A cup-shaped stem or podetium in lichens. Also called scypha. See Illust. of Cladonia pyxidata, under Lichen.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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