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ῥίς

ῥίς, the nose

ῥίς, ἡ, gen. ῥῑνός, acc. ῥῖνα, pl. ῥῖνες:—
  • 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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