Aristotle Greek Lexicon ῥίς

ῥίς

hris

nose

Appears 62 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Dictionary (LSJ)

ῥίς, , gen. ῥῑνός, acc. ῥῖνα, pl. ῥῖνες:—A. nose or snout of men and beasts, Il. 5.291, Od. 4.445, Hdt. 3.154, Ar. Pax 21, Pl. Prt. 329d, etc.; ἕλκειν τινὰ τῆς ῥινός lead him by the nose, Luc. Herm. 73; ἕλκεσθαι τῆς ῥ. ib.68; μὴ τὴν χολὴν ἐπὶ ῥινὸς ἔχʼ εὐθύς Herod. 6.37. 2. in pl. nostrils, but freq., like Lat. nares, nose, Il. 16.503, Od. 5.456, al., Hes. Sc. 267, S. Aj. 918, Ar. Nu. 344, etc.; στόμα τε ῥῖνές τε Il. 14.467, cf. 23.395, al., Pl. Ti. 79e. II. prob. brow of a hill or projecting spur of land, IG 14.352 ii 36, al. (Halaesa).—A later nom. form is ῥίν, Hp. Vict. 1.23 (prob. f.l. for ῥῖνες), Aret. CA 1.2, Luc. Asin. 12; as name of a bandage, Sor. Fasc. 11. [, but in AP 11.418 (Trajan).]

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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