LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinesecond declension

cyathus

cyathus m (genitive cyathī)
Classical[ˈky.a.tʰʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈt͡ʃiː.a.tus]

Meaning

  1. historicalmasculinecyathus, Roman cup, a Roman unit of liquid measure equivalent to about 45 mL
    sōle tamen vīnōque calent annōsque precantur,With sun and wine they are warmed, however; and they pray for as many years as the cupfuls they take, and count as they drink. (The ancient Romans celebrated the festival of Anna Perenna on the Ides of March.)8 CE, Ovidius, Fasti 3.531–532
  2. masculineladle, especially (historical) a small wine ladle in Roman contexts
  3. masculinekyathos, a small wine ladle and serving beaker in ancient Greece and Rome

Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms

Poculum · Calix · Scyphus · Simpuvium · Cyathus · Crater

1. Poculum and calix denote, as old Latin words, any sort of drinking vessel, merely with reference to its use; poculum, a usual cup for meals; calix, a rarer chalice, or goblet, for feasts; whereas scyphus, cantharus, cymbium, culigna, are foreign words, of Greek origin, denoting particular sorts of cups, with reference to their form. 2. Poculum, etc. all serve as drinking cups; whereas the old Roman word simpuvium, and the modern cyathus, are ladles to fill the pocula from the crater, as with the punch-ladle we fill the punch-glasses from the punch-bowl. (v. 318.)

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativecyathus
cyatus		cyathī
cyatī
genitivecyathī
cyatī		cyathōrum
cyatōrum
dativecyathō
cyatō		cyathīs
cyatīs
accusativecyathum
cyatum		cyathōs
cyatōs
ablativecyathō
cyatō		cyathīs
cyatīs
vocativecyathe
cyate		cyathī
cyatī

cўăthus, i, m., = κύαθος,
I. a small ladle for transferring the wine from the mixing-bowl (crater) to the drinking-cup (cf. Becker, Gall. 3, p. 221).
I. Prop., Varr. L. L. 5, § 124 Müll.; Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 24; id. Ps. 4, 2, 2; Hor. S. 1, 6, 117; Juv. 9, 47; Suet. Caes. 49 al.—
II. As a measure, both dry and liquid (particularly for wine), the twelfth part of a sextarius, Hor. C. 3, 8, 13; 3, 19, 12; Plin. 14, 9, 11, § 85; or ten Greek drachmæ, Plin. 21, 34, 109, § 185; cf. Rhemn. Fann. Pond. 80.

Origins

From Ancient Greek κύαθος (kúathos, “ladle”).

Descendants
  • Englishcyathus
  • TranslingualCyathus

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

AntiquitiesCyathusCyathus (κύαφος), derived like κύλιξ from the root κυ-, which means hollow (Curt. Gr. Et. No. 79), and it is found applied to the hollow of the hand (…

Quick answers

What does cyathus mean in Latin?
cyathus, a noun, means “cyathus, Roman cup, a Roman unit of liquid measure equivalent to about 45 mL; ladle, especially (historical) a small wine ladle in Roman contexts; kyathos, a small wine ladle and serving beaker in ancient Greece and Rome”.
What is the genitive of cyathus?
The genitive singular is cyathī. cyathus is masculine, second declension.
How do you pronounce cyathus?
In classical Latin, [ˈky.a.tʰʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈt͡ʃiː.a.tus].