Definitions for kyathos

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kyathos ky·a·thos

Spelling: [kahy-uh-thos, -thuh s]

IPA: /ˈkaɪ əˌθɒs, -θəs/

Kyathos is a 7 letter English word.

You can make 156 anagrams from letters in kyathos (ahkosty).

Definitions for kyathos

noun

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.

Origin of kyathos

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

Examples for kyathos

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.

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

The kyathos (Fig. 181), or ladle, belongs to the same class.