Rhyton Definition

rītŏn
noun
An ancient Greek cup shaped like a drinking horn and typically made in the form of an animal's head.
Webster's New World

A container from which fluids are intended to be drunk, having a base in the form of a head.

Wiktionary
Thracian drinking horn.
Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Rhyton

Noun

Singular:
rhyton
Plural:
rhyta, rhytons

Origin of Rhyton

  • Greek rhuton from neuter of rhutos fluid, liquid sreu- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Ancient Greek ῥυτόν (rhutón).

    From Wiktionary

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