ῥίς
ἑτέρως ἠδύνατο βέλτιον ἢ ὡς νῦν ἔχει κατεσκευάσθαι → otherwise they could have been constructed better than they are now (Galen, On the use of parts of the body 4.143.1 Kühn)
English (LSJ)
ἡ, gen. ῥῑνός, acc. ῥῖνα, pl. ῥῖνες:—
A nose or snout of men and beasts, Il.5.291, Od.4.445, Hdt.3.154, Ar.Pax 21, Pl.Prt.329d, etc.; ἕλκειν τινὰ τῆς ῥινός lead him by the nose, Luc.Herm.73; ἕλκεσθαι τῆς ῥ. ib.68; μὴ τὴν χολὴν ἐπὶ ῥινὸς ἔχ' εὐθύς Herod.6.37. 2 in pl. nostrils, but freq., like Lat. nares, nose, Il.16.503, Od.5.456, al., Hes.Sc.267, S.Aj.918, Ar.Nu.344, etc.; στόμα τε ῥῖνές τε Il.14.467, cf. 23.395, al., Pl.Ti.79e. II prob. brow of a hill or projecting spur of land, IG14.352 ii 36, al. (Halaesa).—A later nom. form is ῥίν, Hp.Vict.1.23 (prob. f.l. for ῥῖνες), Aret.CA1.2, Luc.Asin.12; as name of a bandage, Sor.Fasc.11. [ῑ, but ῐ in AP11.418 (Trajan).]
German (Pape)
[Seite 845] ῥινός, ἡ, 1) die Nase; Hom., sowohl von Menschen als von Thieren, z. B. ἀμβροσίην ὑπὸ ῥῖνα ἑκάστῳ θῆκε, Od. 4, 445; in Prosa überall; τῆς ῥινὸς ἕλκειν, an der Nase herumziehen, Luc. Hermot. 68 Pisc. 12, oft. – 2) im plur. ῥῖνες, die Nasenlöcher, στόμα τε ῥῖνές τε οὔδεϊ πλῆντο, Il. 14, 467; τέλος θανάτοιο κάλυψεν ὀφθαλμοὺς ῥῖνάς τε, 16, 503; θάλασσα δὲ κήκιε πολλὴ ἂν στόμα τε ῥῖνάς τε, Od. 5, 456, u. öfter; Hes. Sc. 267; Soph. φυσῶν τ' ἄνω πρὸς ῥῖνας ἔκ τε φοινίας πληγῆς αἷμα, Ai. 901; Hippocr. hat den ion. gen. ῥινέων; διὰ τῶν ῥινῶν, Plat. Prot. 334 c u. öfter, u. Folgde. – [Nur sp. Dichter haben ι auch kurz gebraucht, vgl. Jacobs A. P. p. 729.]
