ῥινός: Difference between revisions

|etymtx=Grammatical information: f. (gender after [[βοέη]], [[αἰγέη]] a.o.).<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">the skin of man and animal, the hide, espec. the cow skin, cow hide, shield made of cow hide</b> (ep. Il.; cf. Leumann Hom. Wörter 314f. against Bechtel Dial. 3, 19f.).<br />Other forms: rarely m. (Nic., Opp.) and <b class="b3">-όν</b> n. (after [[δέρμα]], [[σκῦτος]]). <b class="b3">γρῖνος δέρμα</b> H.<br />Dialectal forms: Myc. [[wirino]] \/<b class="b2">wrinós</b>\/, adj. [[wirinjeo]].<br />Compounds: Compp., e.g. <b class="b3">ῥινο-τόρος</b> [[shield-piercing]], adjunct of Ares (Φ 392 a.o.), of the [[θύρσος]] (Nonn.); [[ταλαύρινος]] (= <b class="b3">ταλά-Ϝρινος</b>) [[shield-bearing]] ('shield-enduring' [because of the weight?]; Richardson Hermathena 55, 87ff.; to be rejected Stanford ibd. 54, 121 ff.); usu. attribute to [[πολεμιστής]] as des. of Ares (Il.); on the history and explanation of the expression a hypothesis by Leumann Hom. Wörter 196 ff.; on this Trümpy Fachausdrücke 38 w. Nachtr.<br />Derivatives: [[γρίντης]] (= [[Ϝρίντης]]) [[βυρσεύς]] H. (formation prob. after the primary [[ξάντης]], [[ὑφάντης]] a.o.).<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]<br />Etymology: The notation <b class="b3">γρῖνος δέρμα</b> H. (Aeol.; [[γρινός]] Hdn. Gr.) confirms [[Ϝρινός]], which is also seen in [[ταλαύρινος]], which was connected with th same verb as [[ῥίνη]] (s.v.); so prop. "das Abreissen", resp. "die abgerissene Haut" like [[δέρμα]] from [[δέρω]] (to which a.o. Skt. <b class="b2">dīrṇá-</b> [[torn up]] with <b class="b2">n-</b>suffix like <b class="b3">Ϝρι-νός</b>). -- The Germanic long [[i]] derived from <b class="b2">-ei-</b> (cf. Goth. [[writs]] with short [[i]]), but this is impossible for the Greek form (the case is different with [[δέρμα]], as [[δέρω]] means [[flay]], but <b class="b2">*u̯rei-(d-</b>) means rather [[scratch]]. So the etymology must be rejected. The word could be Pre-Greek.