| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| rhyton |
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| SYLLABICATION: | rhy·ton |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  r  t n |
| NOUN: | A hornlike drinking vessel of ancient times, often having a pointed end shaped like an animal or animal's head. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Greek rhuton, from neuter of rhutos, fluid, liquid. See sreu- in Appendix I.
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