ῥήν

English (LSJ)

ἡ,

   A sheep, lamb (not found in nom.), ῥήνεσσι A.R.4.1497; ῥῆνα Nic.Th.453. (From ϝρήν, old nom. of ϝάρνα, ϝαρνός, etc., v. ἀρήν, and cf. πολύ-ρρην:—also ῥᾶνα· ἄρνα, Hsch. (perh. Elean); τρανόν [i.e. perh. ϝρᾶνον]· ἑξαμηνιαῖον πρόβατον, Id.)

German (Pape)

[Seite 840] ῥηνός, ἡ, Schaaf, Lamm, seltenes Dichterwort, nur noch bei sp. D.; ἐπὶ ῥήνεσσιν ἑοῖσιν, Ap. Rh. 4, 1497; Nic. Ther. 453. Bes. in compp.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

ῥήν: ἡ, πρόβατον, ἀρνίον, μεταγεν. ποιητ. λέξις (ληφθεῖσα ἐκ τοῦ Ὁμηρικοῦ συνθέτου πολύρρηνος, -ρηνες, πρβλ. ῥηνικός, ῥῆνιξ), ῥήνεσσι Ἀπολλ. Ρόδ. Δ. 1497· ῥῆνα Νικ. Θηρ. 453· ἀλλ’ ἔχομεν Ῥήνη ἀντὶ Ἄρνη ὡς κύριον ὄνομα, Ἰλ. Β. 728.

French (Bailly abrégé)

(ὁ, ἡ)
seul. aux cas suiv. : gén. ῥηνός, acc. ῥῆνα, dat. pl. ῥήνεσσι(ν);
agneau, brebis, animal.
Étymologie: cf. ἀρήν.

Greek Monotonic

ῥήν: ῥηνός, ἡ, μεταγεν. λέξη του *ἄρς, ἀρνός, αρνί, πρόβατο.

Russian (Dvoretsky)

ῥήν: ῥηνός ἡ овца (ср. πολύρρην и ῥηνοφορεύς).

Frisk Etymological English

Grammatical information: m.
Meaning: sheep, lamb(A.R.).
Other forms: acc. ῥῆνα (Nic.), dat. pl. ῥήνεσσι (A. R.).
Compounds: As 2. member a.o. in πολύ-ρρην-ες nom. pl. (Ι 154 = 296), thematic. enlarged πολύ-ρρην-ο-ς nom. sg. (λ 257) rich in sheep; ὑπό-ρρην-ο-ν acc. sg. (Κ 216) having a lamb under one, suckling. As 1. member in ῥηνο-φορεύς m. bearer of sheep fleece (AP; Bosshardt 29); from it ῥηνικός from the sheep, ῥῆνιξ, -ικος f. sheep fleece (Hp.).
Derivatives: Several H.-glosses: ῥήνεα πρόβατα (cf. κτήνεα); ῥᾶνα ἄρνα (Elean?), ῥύεινα ἄρνα. Κύπριοι (for Ϝρην-?); prob. also τρανόν (for *Ϝρ-) ἑξαμηνιαῖον πρόβατον (but the α then remains unexplained). -- Here perh the islandname Ρήνεια (near Delos).
Origin: GR [a formation built with Greek elements]
Etymology: The above forms differ only in ablaut from ἀρήν (s.v.) < Ϝαρήν; as basis one assumes best *u̯rēn-, which may agree with Lat. rēnō garment of reindeer(?)-skin with the Germans (Germ. LW [loanword].; s. W.-Hofmann s.v.), but s. Benvenist, Rev. Ph. 38(1964)20-12. The hell. ep. ῥήνεσσι and ῥῆνα may well have been built after πολύ-ρρην and oher compp., but this explanation fits neither for Hippocrat. ῥηνικός, ῥῆνιξ nor for the glosses of Hesychius; further Sommer Nominalkomp. 66 ff., Ruijgh L'élém. ach. 161 (also Schwyzer 568).