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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ϝρήν (wrḗn), the old nominative of ϝάρνα (wárna), ϝαρνός (warnós), etc., for which see ἀρήν (arḗn); compare πολύρρην (polúrrhēn), ῥᾶνα (rhâna), and τρανόν (tranón), the last perhaps from ϝρᾶνον (wrânon).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /r̥ɛ̌ːn/ → /rin/ → /rin/
Noun
*ῥήν • (*rhḗn) m or f (genitive ῥηνός); third declension
- sheep, lamb
300 BCE – 250 BCE,
Apollonius of Rhodes,
Argonautica 4.1495–1497:
- Ἀμφίθεμις δ’ ἄρ’ ἔπειτα μίγη Τριτωνίδι νύμφῃ· / ἡ δ’ ἄρα οἱ Νασάμωνα τέκεν κρατερόν τε Κάφαυρον, / ὃς τότε Κάνθον ἔπεφνεν ἐπὶ ῥήνεσσιν ἑοῖσιν.
- Amphíthemis d’ ár’ épeita mígē Tritōnídi númphēi; / hē d’ ára hoi Nasámōna téken kraterón te Káphauron, / hòs tóte Kánthon épephnen epì rhḗnessin heoîsin.
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