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单词 rhyton
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rhytonn.

Brit. /ˈrʌɪtɒn/, /ˈrɪtɒn/, U.S. /ˈraɪˌtɑn/, /ˈrɪˌtɑn/
Inflections: Plural rhyta, rhytons.
Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek ῥυτόν.
Etymology: < ancient Greek ῥυτόν drinking-cup or horn, use as noun of neuter of ῥυτός flowing, fluid, liquid < an ablaut variant of the base of ῥεῖν to flow (see rheid n.) + -τός, suffix forming verbal adjectives. Compare French rhyton (1829).
Greek Archaeology.
A type of drinking vessel, often in the form of an animal's head, with an opening at the top for filling and one or more holes at the bottom through which liquid can flow and be drunk.
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1820 Gentleman's Mag. Apr. 325/2 An antique cistern placed between them, as if to receive the water running from the Rhytons, is ornamented with flutings and lions' heads.
1854 C. D. Badham Prose Halieutics 523 The other prizes were not awarded, as thirty of the contenders died rhyton in hand.
1887 Jrnl. Hellenic Stud. 8 1 A Rhyton in Form of a Sphinx.
1935 Antiquity ix. 116 A kind of amphora with a spout at the lower end..the simple forerunner of the grandiose rhyton.
1964 Listener 6 Feb. 238/3 To his mouth She held wine in a rhyton.
1976 New Yorker 29 Mar. 22/3 Three magnificent silver rhyta, or drinking horns.
1976 New Yorker 29 Mar. 22/3 Scholars have suggested that the stag rhyton was the personal property of the stag god..and that the bull rhyton belonged to the storm god.
1994 Times Lit. Suppl. 1 Apr. 17/2 His conservators assure him that his splendid repoussé rhytons of the fourth century bc are fire gilt.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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