ῥινός

Ancient Greek

Etymology 1

According to Pokorny, from Proto-Indo-European *wer(H)- (to cut (off), tear), see also Sanskrit व्रण (vraṇá, wound, tearing), Avestan 𐬓𐬀𐬭𐬀 (xᵛara, wound, hurt).[1]

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
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 *ῥίνος, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rinéHti (move), from *h₃reyH-. Possibly closely related to Albanian re (clouds, mist), from Proto-Albanian *rina.[2][3]

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. Pokorny, Julius (1959) “1163-64”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 1163-64
  2. Katičić, Radoslav (1976) Ancient Languages of the Balkans, page 171
  3. Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “re ~ rê”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 368
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