rhina

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Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ῥίνη (rhínē).

Pronunciation

Noun

rhīna f (genitive rhīnae); first declension

  1. A kind of shark, of whose skin arrows were made

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative rhīna rhīnae
genitive rhīnae rhīnārum
dative rhīnae rhīnīs
accusative rhīnam rhīnās
ablative rhīnā rhīnīs
vocative rhīna rhīnae

Descendants

References

  • “rhina”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • rhina in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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