variant of cyathus
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/kuy"euh thos', -theuhs/, n., pl. kyathoi /-thoy'/. Gk. and Rom. Antiq.
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.
Also, cyathus.
[1885-90; < Gk kýathos]
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kyathosUseful english dictionary. 2012.