ῥίς
hris
nose
Appears 62 times across Aristotle's works.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ῥίς, ἡ, gen. ῥῑνός, acc. ῥῖνα, pl. ῥῖνες:—A. nose or snout of men and beasts, Il. 5.291, Od. 4.445, 3.154, Pax 21, Prt. 329d, etc.; ἕλκειν τινὰ τῆς ῥινός lead him by the nose, Herm. 73; ἕλκεσθαι τῆς ῥ. ib.68; μὴ τὴν χολὴν ἐπὶ ῥινὸς ἔχʼ εὐθύς 6.37. 2. in pl. nostrils, but freq., like Lat. nares, nose, Il. 16.503, Od. 5.456, al., Sc. 267, Aj. 918, Nu. 344, etc.; στόμα τε ῥῖνές τε Il. 14.467, cf. 23.395, al., Ti. 79e. II. prob. brow of a hill or projecting spur of land, 14.352 ii 36, al. (Halaesa).—A later nom. form is ῥίν, Vict. 1.23 (prob. f.l. for ῥῖνες), CA 1.2, Asin. 12; as name of a bandage, Fasc. 11. [ῑ, but ῐ in AP 11.418 (Trajan).]
Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)
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