ῥινός

English (LSJ)

(v. sub fin.),

   A skin of a living person, Il.5.308, Od.5.426,435, etc.; rarely of a corpse, Od.14.134, Hes.Sc.152.    II hide of a beast, esp. ox-hide, Od.1.108, al.; also ῥ. πολιοῖο λύκοιο Il.10.334; ῥ. λέοντος Pi.I.5(6).37; not in Hom. of the skin of a live beast, but so used by Hes.Op.515, Sc.427; πωλικῆς ῥινοῦ E.Rh.784.    2 oxhide shield, σύν ῥ' ἔβαλον ῥινούς Il.4.447 (imitated by Ar.Pax 1274); cf. Il.16.636 and ῥινόν 2.    3 pl., thongs of boxing-gloves, A.R.2.58.    4 leather of a sling, AP7.172 (Antip. Sid.).—The gender is fem. in Il.7.248, 20.276, Od.22.278 (v.l.), Hes.Sc.152, E.l.c., Nic. Th.361, A.R.4.174; masc. in Nic.Al.476, Opp.C.3.277: cf. ῥινόν, τό. (ϝρῑνός, as shown by γρῖνος· δέρμα, Hsch., γρίντης· βυρσεύς, Id.: cf. ταλαύρινος.)