ῥίς

hris

nose

Appears 8 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Symposium 2
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185e2
193a7
Theaetetus 2
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209b5
209b10
Timaeus 2
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78c7
79e1
Hippias Minor 1
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374d8
Protagoras 1
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329d6

Dictionary (LSJ)

ῥίς, ἡ, 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. [ῑ, but ῐ in AP 11.418 (Trajan).]

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