ῥίς,ἡ, gen.ῥῑνός, acc.ῥῖνα, pl.ῥῖνες:—
A. noseorsnoutof men and beasts, Il. 5.291 , Od. 4.445 , Hdt. 3.154 , Ar. Pax 21 , Pl. Prt. 329d , etc.;ἕλκειν τινὰ τῆς ῥινόςlead him by thenose, Luc. Herm. 73 ;ἕλκεσθαι τῆς ῥ. ib. 68 ; μὴ τὴν χολὴν ἐπὶ ῥινὸς ἔχ' εὐθύς
Herod. 6.37
.
2. in pl.nostrils, but freq.,likeLat.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.browof a hill or projectingspur of land,
IG 14.352
ii 36 , al. (Halaesa).—A later nom. form isῥίν, 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, butῐin AP 11.418 (Trajan).]