Among the names of drinking-cups given by Athenaeus, the following may be taken as used in a purely general sense, without any idea of a particular form.
Ἄμυστις.—A cup from which it is possible to drink at one draught (cf. κελέβη, p. [169]).
Αμφωτις.—A two-handled cup (see under Skyphos, p. [186]).
Ἀντύγονις.—A cup named after King Antigonos.
Ἀργυρίς.—A cup of metal (not necessarily silver). Pollux also gives the word χρυσίς.
Ἄωτον.—A Cypriote name for a cup (“without handles,” from α and οὔς).
Βαυκαλίς.—An Alexandrine variety, of glass or clay.
Βῆσσα.—Also an Alexandrine form, widening out below.
Γυάλας.—A Megarian name (the form of the word is Doric).
Δεπαστρόν.—An uncertain form, variously explained.