ῥινός

Ancient Greek

Etymology 1

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Pronunciation
 

Noun

ῥῑνός • (rhīnós) f

  1. genitive singular of ῥῑ́ς (rhī́s)

Noun

ῥῑνός • (rhīnós) f (genitive ῥῑνοῦ); second declension

  1. (sense: skin)
    1. skin of a man or a beast
    2. leather
  2. (sense: hide)
    1. a hide of a beast
    2. shield
Inflection

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Alternative forms
Derived terms

Not to be confused with similar words meaning nose from ῥῑ́ς (rhī́s) or similar words meaning file, rasp from ἡ ῥίνη (rhínē)

  • ἐΰρρῑνος (eǘrrhīnos) (Epic)
  • εὔρῑνος (eúrīnos, “of good leather”)
  • πολύρρῑνος (polúrrhīnos, “with many hides”) (of σάκος (sákos))
  • ῥῑνόβατος m (rhīnóbatos, “a rough-skinned fish”)
  • ῥῑνοδέψης m (rhīnodépsēs, “leather-dresser”)
  • ῥῑνοκόλλητος (rhīnokóllētos, “made of glued hides”)
  • ῥῑνόν n (rhīnón, “the hide”)
  • ῥῑνοπῠ́λη f (rhīnopúlē, “side-gate, wicket”)
  • ῥῑνοτόμος (rhīnotómos, “piercing shields”)
  • ῥῑνοτόρος (rhīnotóros, “hide-piercing, shield-piercing”)
  • ταλαύρῑνος (talaúrīnos)

References
  • “ῥινός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “ῥινός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • ῥινός in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • “ῥινός”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
    • hide idem, page 398.
    • skin idem, page 781.

Etymology 2

Illyrian. Possibly closely related to Albanian re／rê (“clouds, mist”).[1][2]

Noun

ῥινός • (rhinós) m

  1. mist (in Illyrian)
    • [(Can we date this quote?) Scholion to Odyssey 5.281:
      ὁι δὲ λέγουσιν Ἰλλυριοὺς ῥινὸν λέγειν τὴν ἀχλύν
      hoi dè légousin Illurioùs rhinòn légein tḕn akhlún
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)]

References
  1. Katičić, Radoslav (1976) Ancient Languages of the Balkans, page 171
  2. Orel, Vladimir E. (1998), “re ~ rê”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden; Boston; Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 368
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