Ῥίν

nose, snout

Translated by Ross Scaife ✝21 Mar 2002Vetting: high5 revisions

2 notes · 33 words
[genitive] r(ino/s.1 Also [sc. attested is the nominative plural] r(i=nes, [meaning] nostrils; and out of the same [word comes the participle] r(inhlatou/menos ["being nosed-out"],2 [meaning] being chased. From a metaphor of hunting dogs.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ῥίν, ῥινός. καὶ Ῥῖνες, οἱ μυκτῆρες· καὶ ἐξ αὐτοῦ Ῥινηλατούμενος, ἐλαυνόμενος. ἀπὸ μεταφορᾶς τῶν ἰχνευτῶν κυνῶν.

Betacode
*(ri/n, r(ino/s. kai\ *(ri=nes, oi( mukth=res: kai\ e)c au)tou= *(rinhlatou/menos, e)launo/menos. a)po\ metafora=s tw=n i)xneutw=n kunw=n.

Notes (2)

  1. 1The headword itself, r(i/n, is a late form of r(i/s: see LSJ s.v. and cf. rho 186. ↩
  2. 2Attested only here (but for the verb cf. rho 170). ↩

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Neighbouring entries

ρ166Ῥικνοῦσθαιto grow stiff, to dance suggestivelyρ167Ῥίμφαswiftlyρ168Ῥίνnose, snoutρ169Ῥίνηfile, raspρ170ῬινηλατῶI track by the nose, I hunt by scent
Revision history5 revisions · last 10 Jan 2022
  1. cross-reference — Catharine Roth
  2. Revised — David Whitehead
  3. another note; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
  4. another keyword — David Whitehead
  5. added note and keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
  6. Translated — Ross Scaife ✝

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