ῥινός: Difference between revisions

|Definition=(v. sub fin.), <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[skin]] of a living person, <span class="bibl">Il.5.308</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.5.426</span>,<span class="bibl">435</span>, etc.; rarely of a corpse, <span class="bibl">Od.14.134</span>, <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Sc.</span>152</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[hide]] of a beast, esp. [[ox-hide]], <span class="bibl">Od.1.108</span>, al.; also ῥ. πολιοῖο λύκοιο <span class="bibl">Il.10.334</span>; ῥ. λέοντος <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">I.</span>5(6).37</span>; not in Hom. of the skin of a live beast, but so used by <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>515</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Sc.</span>427</span>; πωλικῆς ῥινοῦ <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Rh.</span>784</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[oxhide shield]], σύν ῥ' ἔβαλον ῥινούς <span class="bibl">Il.4.447</span> (imitated by <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pax</span> 1274</span>); cf. <span class="bibl">Il.16.636</span> and ῥινόν <span class="bibl">2</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> pl. [[ῥινοί]], [[thongs of boxing-gloves]], <span class="bibl">A.R.2.58</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> [[leather]] of a [[sling]], <span class="title">AP</span>7.172 (Antip. Sid.).—The gender is fem. in <span class="bibl">Il.7.248</span>, <span class="bibl">20.276</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.22.278</span> (v.l.), <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Sc.</span>152</span>, E.l.c., <span class="bibl">Nic. <span class="title">Th.</span>361</span>, <span class="bibl">A.R.4.174</span>; masc. in <span class="bibl">Nic.<span class="title">Al.</span>476</span>, <span class="bibl">Opp.<span class="title">C.</span>3.277</span>: cf. [[ῥινόν]], [[τό.]] ([[ϝρῑνός]], as shown by [[γρῖνος]]· [[δέρμα]], Hsch., [[γρίντης]]· [[βυρσεύς]], Id.: cf. [[ταλαύρινος]].)</span>