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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
IPA (key ) : /r̥iː.nós/ → /riˈnos/ → /riˈnos/
Noun
ῥῑνός • (rhīnós ) f
genitive singular of ῥῑ́ς ( rhī́s )
Noun
ῥῑνός • (rhīnós ) f (genitive ῥῑνοῦ ) ; second declension
( sense: skin )
skin of a man or a beast
leather
( sense: hide )
a hide of a beast
shield
Inflection
ῥῑνόν n ( rhīnón , “ hide, shield ” )
Derived terms
Not to be confused with similar words meaning nose from ῥῑ́ς ( rhī́s ) or similar words meaning file, rasp from ἡ ῥίνη ( rhínē )
εὔρῑνος ( eúrīnos , “ of good leather ” ) ἐΰρρῑνος ( eǘrrhīnos ) ( Epic ) 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 ( rhīnopŭ́lē , “ 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
Borrowed from Illyrian . Possibly closely related to Albanian re / rê ( “ clouds, mist ” ) , from Proto-Albanian *rina .[ 2] [ 3]
Noun
ῥινός • (rhinós ) m
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 They say that the Illyrians call mist rhinós ]
References
^ Pokorny, Julius (1959 ) “1163-64 ”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary ] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 1163-64
^ Katičić, Radoslav (1976 ) Ancient Languages of the Balkans , page 171
^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998 ) “re ~ rê ”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary , Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN , page 368