Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A hornlike drinking vessel of ancient times, often having a pointed end shaped like an animal or animal's head.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In Greek antiquity, a type of drinking-vase, usually with one handle.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A container from which
fluids are intended to bedrunk , having a base in the form of a head. - noun Greek drinking horn
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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It's technically known as a rhyton, which are usually used in religious places.
Holy Cow! Steve Carper 2006
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It's technically known as a rhyton, which are usually used in religious places.
Archive 2006-03-01 Steve Carper 2006
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We uncovered this rhyton, shaped like a pig, in the niche of room 11.
Picture 55 « Special Finds « Interactive Dig Crete – Zominthos Project 2009
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Each rhyton has a hole at the bottom, through which liquids slowly flowed.
Glossary of Ceramics « Interactive Dig Crete – Zominthos Project 2009
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We uncovered this rhyton, shaped like a pig, in the niche of room 11.
Picture 56 « Special Finds « Interactive Dig Crete – Zominthos Project 2009
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We uncovered this rhyton, shaped like a pig, in the niche of room 11.
Picture 59 « Special Finds « Interactive Dig Crete – Zominthos Project 2009
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The rhyton (derived from the ancient Greek word, ρυτον) is a container from which fluids were intended to be drunk or poured as a libation in a religious ceremony.
Glossary of Ceramics « Interactive Dig Crete – Zominthos Project 2009
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We uncovered this rhyton, shaped like a pig, in the niche of room 11.
Special Finds « Interactive Dig Crete – Zominthos Project 2009
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We uncovered this rhyton, shaped like a pig, in the niche of room 11.
Picture 58 « Special Finds « Interactive Dig Crete – Zominthos Project 2009
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We uncovered this rhyton, shaped like a pig, in the niche of room 11.
Picture 59 « Special Finds « Interactive Dig Crete – Zominthos Project 2009
reesetee commented on the word rhyton
A drinking vessel used in parts of the ancient world. Most ancient glass rhytons are of the Roman period. They are in the form of a horn, sometimes with the head of an animal at the tip. The tip is perforated, and one drank from it by holding the rhyton above the head and catching the stream of liquid in the mouth.
November 8, 2007
artoparts commented on the word rhyton
In Persian and Iranian legends, the mighty Gaokerena "ox horn" was a mythic Haoma plant that had healing properties when eaten and juice from its fruit gave the elixir of immortality.
January 22, 2009
hernesheir commented on the word rhyton
The drinking vessel was typically decorated with a goat's head. Since it was not furnished with a flat base, the drinker had to consume the entire contents of the vessel before setting it down.
February 18, 2010
yarb commented on the word rhyton
Thanks, hh, for providing the annual comment on this word.
February 18, 2010
milosrdenstvi commented on the word rhyton
Yarb, you ruined it!
February 18, 2010
yarb commented on the word rhyton
Ha! Milos, with your pithy comment you ruined my night of Wordniking. Which is worse, ruining an annual Wordnik ritual or ruining my night of Wordniking? Huh? It's a choose-your-own-adventure - i.e. you decide.
Oh god, I ruined it.
February 18, 2010
milosrdenstvi commented on the word rhyton
I guess there's no hope of recovery at all now. It's ruined forever. By both of us. And we just keep making it worse.
Crap.
February 18, 2010
sionnach commented on the word rhyton
I bet y'all pick at your scabs as well.
February 18, 2010
Telofy commented on the word rhyton
Though Milos ruined the Fibonacci sequence, we can still make the year–comments relation conform with the number of nonisomorphic groupoids with n elements. Only, then we’ll have to post 3330 comments next year . . .
Edit: And if that doesn’t work out, this sequence might still save us.
February 18, 2010
bilby commented on the word rhyton
Mumble mumble 27 mumble
February 18, 2010
reesetee commented on the word rhyton
Wow. I used to like this page.
*mumbles in fake umbrage*
February 18, 2010
Prolagus commented on the word rhyton
At least, we should stop at 42 comments.
February 18, 2010
reesetee commented on the word rhyton
...or until someone's feet touch the white tape.
February 18, 2010
hernesheir commented on the word rhyton
...or until someone reposts their comment from the day before: "The drinking vessel was typically decorated with a goat's head. Since it was not furnished with a flat base, the drinker had to consume the entire contents of the vessel before setting it down."
February 19, 2010
sionnach commented on the word rhyton
A young Dionysian named Rhyton
Used to like to prance round with a triton
Said Bil B. "You git!
I told you to quit!
You've gone and poked holes in my python.
February 19, 2010
qms commented on the word rhyton
The cup of your custom's an icon
Of the level you rightly alight on.
A rube off the wagon
Might drink from a flagon
But a eupatrid uses a rhyton.
December 30, 2015