ῥίνη
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- ῥίν f (rhín) – Koine
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /r̥ǐː.nɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈri.ne̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈri.ni/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈri.ni/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈri.ni/
Noun
ῥί̄νη • (rhí̄nē) f (genitive ῥί̄νης); first declension
- file, rasp
- angel shark (Squatina squatina), whose skin was used for polishing wood and marble
Inflection
First declension of ἡ ῥῑ́νη; τῆς ῥῑ́νης (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ ῥῑ́νη hē rhī́nē | τὼ ῥῑ́νᾱ tṑ rhī́nā | αἱ ῥῖναι hai rhînai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς ῥῑ́νης tês rhī́nēs | τοῖν ῥῑ́ναιν toîn rhī́nain | τῶν ῥῑνῶν tôn rhīnôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ ῥῑ́νῃ têi rhī́nēi | τοῖν ῥῑ́ναιν toîn rhī́nain | ταῖς ῥῑ́ναις taîs rhī́nais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν ῥῑ́νην tḕn rhī́nēn | τὼ ῥῑ́νᾱ tṑ rhī́nā | τᾱ̀ς ῥῑ́νᾱς tā̀s rhī́nās | ||||||||||
Vocative | ῥῑ́νη rhī́nē | ῥῑ́νᾱ rhī́nā | ῥῖναι rhînai | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ῥῑνάριον (rhīnárion)
- ῥινάω (rhináō)
- ῥῑνέω (rhīnéō)
- ῥῑ́νημα (rhī́nēma)
- ῥίνησις (rhínēsis)
- ῥινητήριον (rhinētḗrion)
- ῥινητής (rhinētḗs)
- ῥινίζω (rhinízō)
- ῥινίον (rhiníon)
- ῥίνισμα (rhínisma)
Descendants
- → Translingual: Rhina
See also
Not to be confused with:
- ῥῑ́ς (rhī́s, “nose”) and its related terms
- ῥῑνός (rhīnós, “skin, leather, hide, shield”) and its related terms
Further reading
- “ῥίνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ῥίνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ῥίνη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette