ˈsīfəs noun
( plural scy·phi -ˌfī)
Etymology: Latin, from Greek skyphos
1. or sky·phos ˈskīˌfäs plural sky·phoi -ˌfȯi : a drinking vessel with a deep body, flat bottom, and two small horizontal handles near the rim and used especially in ancient Greece
2.
[New Latin, from Latin, cup]
: a cup-shaped enlargement of the podetium in lichens — called also scypha