kyathos

[ kahy-uh-thos, -thuhs ]

noun

, Greek and Roman Antiquity.

, plural ky·a·thoi [kahy, -, uh, -thoi].

1. a deep bowl set on a foot, often having a high voluted or serpentine handle rising from the brim and terminating immediately above the juncture of the body and the stem: used for ladling wine into drinking cups.

Word History and Origins

Origin of kyathos¹

First recorded in 1885–90, kyathos is from the Greek word kýathos

Example Sentences

On the right is a boy in a short tunic, perhaps holding a kyathos.

From Project Gutenberg

A boy in a short tunic stands on the right, and holds a kyathos for drawing wine; a rhyton and a vase are seen above his head.

From Project Gutenberg

Thus we have the pithos and amphora for storing wine, the krater for mixing it, the psykter for cooling it, the kyathos for ladling it out, and the oinochoe or prochoos for pouring it out; the hydria was used for fetching water from the well.

From Project Gutenberg

She holds the handle of the kantharos with the toes of her left foot, while the toes of her other foot cling round the stem of the kyathos used for drawing the liquor.

From Project Gutenberg