rhinoceros

rhīnŏcĕros, ōtis, m., = ῥινόκερως.

• Lit., a rhinoceros, Plin. 8, 20, 29, § 71; Mart. Spect. 9; 22; id. Epigr. 14, 53; 14, 52, 2; Curt. 8, 9, 16; 9, 1, 5; Suet. Aug. 43: cornua rhinocerotis, Vulg. Deut. 33, 17; Plin. 6, 29, 34, § 173.—
• II Meton., a vessel made of the rhinoceros’s horn, Juv. 7, 130.— A nickname for a man with a long nose, Lucil. ap. Non. 25, 30 (v. brochus).— Prov.: nasum rhinocerotis habere, i.e. to turn up the nose, to sneer at every thing, Mart. 1, 3, 6.— Hence, rhīnŏcĕrōtĭcus, a, um, adj., of a rhinoceros: naris, i.e. sneering, mockery, Sid. Carm. 9, 339.

rhīnocerōs (rīnocerōs), ōtis, Akk. ōtem u. ōta, Akk. Plur. ōtas, m. (ῥινόκερως), I) das Nashorn, Plin. 8, 71. Curt. 9, 1, 5. Capit. Gord. 33, 1. Tert. adv. Iud. 10. Iul. Val. 3, 19 (17): cornua rhinocerotis, Vulg. deut. 33, 17: rhinocerotum cornua, Plin. 6, 173: Akk. Sing. rhinocerotem, Suet. Aug. 43, 4. Fest. 270 (b), 8; rhinocerota, Mart. 14, 52, 2 u. de spect. 22, 1. Vulg. Iob 39, 10: Akk. Plur. rhinocerotas, Curt. 8, 9 (31), 16. – Sprichw., rhinocerotis nasum habere, naseweis, vorlaut sein, alles beschnüffeln, Mart. 1, 3, 6; vgl. Sidon. carm. 3, 8. – II) meton., das aus Nashornbein verfertigte Geschirr (zum Waschen od. Baden), Mart. 14, 52, 2. Iuven. 7, 130. – ➳ Nbf. rinoceros, Lucil. 118 u. 159 bei Prisc. 6, 26.

rhinoceros [CL < ῥινόκερως] 1 one-horned animal characterized by extreme fierceness, unicorn, rhinoceros. b (w. ref. to Deut. xxxiii 17); c (w. ref. to Job xxxix 9–10); d (w. ref. to theory that a virgin could tame it). egoceron, capricornus qui et ~on dicitur Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 193; in rinoceros ‥ generatur cornu unum in fronte quia pars illa ‥ calida est ‥ et illud animal est calidissimum Quaest. Salern. B 137; de rinocero ‥ multe sunt species sc. rinoceron, monoceron ‥ Bart. Angl. XVIII 89; cum vero apud vulgum pro unicorne dicitur et scribitur rinoceros, rinocerontis Bacon Gram. Gk. 77; hic ricionerus vel unicornis, unicorne Gl. AN Ox. 443; elephas in monte pugnans cum rhinoceronte Pol. Poems I 33; India ‥ gignit ‥ bestiam ~on Eul. Hist. II 15; nascitur ‥ in ea [sc. Aegypto] quedam fera sevissima nomine cinoroceros qui corpore est modica et membris iners ‥ caput habens grave et semper in terra pronum Ib. 28; unycorne, rinoceros PP.  b cornua renocerotis cornua illius [regis], in ipsis ventilabit gentes usque ad terminos terrae Egb. Pont. 103 (= Lib. Regal. 46).  c renocenon, bos silvester GlC R 105; ut jam Domino, per ejus fortitudinem ‥ ~os serviat et moretur ad presepe suum, ligatus ad arandum loro Ad. Scot Serm. 143C; [Jhesus valebit] rinosceronta flectere / loroque suo stringere / ut maneat presepibus J. Howd. Cyth. 132. 4.  d rinocerus, qui et unicornis est, virginis integritatem sic agnoscit ut duntaxat illius fere amplexibus capiatur J. Sal. Pol. 639B; queritur quare rinoceros id est unicornis capitur virginis amplexu Quaest. Salern. B 161; invident humane saluti ‥ virgineo capti amore ~i Gir. TH I 36; rhinoceros capitur amplexu virginis Neckam DS IX 167; sinu cubas [Jhesu] puerpere, / rinoscerontis sumere / lora compulsus blandia J. Howd. Cyth. 52. 11; loris quasi rinosceros irritatur Id. Cant. 6; rinoceros procumbit et obdormit in gremio speciose virginis Ad. Dore Pictor 151. 2 penis. a pyntelle, penis ‥ rinoceros CathA.

rhīnŏcĕrōs, (14) ōtis, m. (ῥινόκερως), rhinocéros : Plin. 8, 71 ; Curt. 9, 1, 5 || vase en corne de rhinocéros : Juv. 7, 130 || [fig.] nasum rhinocerotis habere Mart. 1, 3, 1, avoir le nez pointu = lʼesprit perçant, avoir le goût fin et difficile.

➳ acc. tem Suet. Aug. 43 ; ta Mart. 14, 52, 2 ; Spect. 22, 1 ; acc. pl. tas Curt. 8, 9, 16.

rhinoceros , otis. m.
犀牛。廌。Nasum rhinocerotis habere 聰明。善譏誚。

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rhīnŏcĕros, rhinocerōtis, m.: rinoceronte

⯀ iuvenesque senesque et pueri nasum rhinocerotis habent Marz giovani, vecchi e ragazzini hanno il naso del rinoceronte (i.e. sono molto critici)

♢ acc. ōta Marz, acc. pl. -ōtas Curz.

rhīnocerōs ōtis, m

• , ῥινόκερως, a rhinoceros, Cu.—A vessel made of the rhinoceros's horn: magnus, Iu.