[rahy-ton] 
[-tuh] . | an ancient Greek drinking horn, made of pottery or metal, having a base in the form of the head of a woman or animal. |
| rhy·ton (rī'tŏn') n. A hornlike drinking vessel of ancient times, often having a pointed end shaped like an animal or animal's head. [Greek rhuton, from neuter of rhutos, fluid, liquid; see sreu- in Indo-European roots.] |