ῥινός: Difference between revisions

|Definition=(v. sub fin.),<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[skin]] of a living person, Il.5.308, Od.5.426,435, etc.; rarely of a corpse, Od.14.134, Hes.''Sc.''152.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[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.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[oxhide shield]], σύν ῥ' ἔβαλον ῥινούς Il.4.447 (imitated by Ar.''Pax'' 1274); cf. Il.16.636 and ῥινόν 2.<br><span class="bld">3</span> pl. [[ῥινοί]], [[thongs of boxing-gloves]], A.R.2.58.<br><span class="bld">4</span> [[leather]] of a [[sling]], ''AP''7.172 (Antip. Sid.).—The gender is fem. in Il.7.248, 20.276, Od.22.278 ([[varia lectio|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]], [[Hesychius Lexicographus|Hsch.]], [[γρίντης]]· [[βυρσεύς]], Id.: cf. [[ταλαύρινος]].)