cup
ὁ δ' εὖ ἔρδων θεοὺς ἐλπίδι κυδροτέρᾳ σαίνει κέαρ → but he who does well to the gods cheers his heart with a more glorious hope
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
P. and V. κύλιξ, ἡ (Plato and Euripides, Cyclops 164), ἔκπωμα, τό, φιαλή, ἡ, κύαθος, ὁ (Xen. and Euripides,. Fragment), Ar. ποτήριον, τό, τρύβλιον, τό, V. ποτήρ, ὁ, σκύφος, ὁ or τό (Euripides, Cyclops 256), σκυφώματα, τά (Aesch., Fragment), καρχήσιον, τό (Sophocles, Fragment), τεῦχος, τό, δέπας, τό (Euripides, Hecuba 527).
Met., of a flower: Ar. and V. κάλυξ, ἡ.
the hollow part of anything: use P. and V. τὸ κοῖλον.
the conduct of this monster in his cups is horrible: P. ἡ παροινία τοῦ καθάρματος τουτουῒ δεινή (Dem. 403).
he taunts me in his cups with being no true son of my father: καλεῖ παρ' οἴνῳ πλαστὸς ὡς εἴην πατρί (Sophocles, Oedipus Rex 780).
