单词 | cyathus |
释义 | cyathusn. 1. a. Ancient Greek History and Roman History: A cup or ladle used for drawing wine out of the crater n. or mixing-bowl; also, a measure (both dry and liquid) = about 1/ 12 of a pint. Also kyathos. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > the scientific measurement of volume > measure(s) of capacity > [noun] > specific liquid or dry units > ancient Greek or Roman unit cyathusa1398 the world > food and drink > drink > providing or serving drink > [noun] > serving liquor > utensils for wine basketc950 faucet?a1400 claretc1440 tilter1630 simpulum1672 worm1681 valentia1688 screw1697 bottle screw1699 corkscrew1720 cyathus1768 toddy ladle1807 valinch1823 champagne fountain1835 wine-wagon1848 beer-tray1862 beer-pull1864 oenochoe1871 bottle opener1872 kovsh1884 toddy-lifter1894 set-up1930 beer-mat1939 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xix. cxxviii. 1373 Þe wiȝt ciacus [read ciatus; 1495 de Worde Ciatus] conteyneþ ten dragmes. 1658 J. Rowland tr. T. Moffett Theater of Insects in Topsell's Hist. Four-footed Beasts (rev. ed.) 1104 In three cyathi of water they will break inward Impostumes. 1768 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued II. ii. 246 Hyle bears no greater proportion therein to Soul than the drops in a cyathus to the waters of the ocean. 1889 Cent. Dict. Kyathos. 1935 G. M. A. Richter & M. J. Milne Shapes & Names Athenian Vases 30 Kyathos... Ladle in the form of a cup with foot and long upward curving handle. 1948 A. Lane Greek Pottery ii. 9 The kyathos or ladle for dipping the mixture off into jugs. 1960 R. G. Haggar Conc. Encycl. Continental Pottery & Porcelain 211/1 Kyathos—ladle;..Oenochoe—jug for wine; Kylix—shallow stem cup. b. Medicine. Used in prescriptions for a wine glass. (Abbreviated cyath.) ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > pharmacy > [noun] > pharmacist's equipment cyath?1543 slice1611 oculist's stamp1778 pharmacometer1830 medicine stamp1849 medicine seal1851 pill tile1852 cyathus1854 pill slab1893 1854 C. D. Badham Prose Halieutics 522 The cyathus..was of as uncertain dimensions as our modern wine-glass, which is the medical cyathus, and a fair equivalent. Categories » 2. Botany. ‘The cup-like body which contains propagula or the reproductive bodies of Marchantia’ ( Treasury Bot. 1866). This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1398 |
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