Rhinocolura

Rhīnŏcŏlūra, ae, f.,

• a town on the borders of Syria and Egypt on the shore of the Mediterranean, prob. the mod. El-Arish, Plin. 5, 13, 14, § 68; Liv. 45, 11; Sen. Ira, 3, 20, 2; Amm.22, 16, 3.

Rhīnocolūra, ae, f. (Ῥινοκόλουρα), Stadt an der Küste des Mittelmeeres, bald zu Ägypten, bald zu Syrien gerechnet, die im Altertume als Stapelplatz für den ägyptischen Handel wichtig war, jetzt El-Arîsh (Arisch), Liv. 45, 11, 10. Sen. de ira 3, 20, 2. – Andere Schreibart Rhinocorūra, ae, f. (Ῥινοκόρουρα), Hieron. in Isai. 27.

Rhīnŏcŏlūra, (16) æ, f. (Ῥινοκόλουρα), ville dʼÉgypte, sur les confins de la Palestine : Liv. 45, 11, 10 ; Plin. 5, 68 || -cŏrūra Hier. Is. 27.

Rhinocolūra

(τὰ Ῥινοκόλουρα) or Rhinocorūra (τὰ Ῥινοκόρουρα). Now Kasr-el-Arish. The frontier town of Egypt and Palestine, lying in the midst of the desert, at the mouth of the brook (ElArish) which was the boundary between the countries, and which is called in Scripture the River of Egypt. The name of it hence signifies “Cutoff-Noses,” and is said to have been given it because it was the place to which criminals thus mutilated were banished under the Aethiopian dynasty of kings of Egypt (Strabo, p. 759).