ῥινός

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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

 

Noun

ῥῑνός (rhīnósf

  1. genitive singular of ῥῑ́ς (rhī́s)

Noun

ῥῑνός (rhīnósf (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
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Derived terms

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

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 / (clouds, mist), from Proto-Albanian *rina.[2][3]

Noun

ῥινός (rhinósm

  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
      They say that the Illyrians call mist rhinós]

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