ῥίνη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ῥίν f (rhín) — Koine

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /r̥ǐː.nɛː/ → /ˈri.ni/ → /ˈri.ni/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /r̥ǐː.nɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈri.ne̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈri.ni/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈri.ni/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈri.ni/

Noun

ῥί̄νη • (rhí̄nē) f (genitive ῥί̄νης); first declension

1. file, rasp
2. angel shark (Squatina squatina), whose skin was used for polishing wood and marble

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ῥῑ́νη; τῆς ῥῑ́νης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ῥῑ́νη hē rhī́nē	τὼ ῥῑ́νᾱ tṑ rhī́nā	αἱ ῥῖναι hai rhînai
Genitive	τῆς ῥῑ́νης tês rhī́nēs	τοῖν ῥῑ́ναιν toîn rhī́nain	τῶν ῥῑνῶν tôn rhīnôn
Dative	τῇ ῥῑ́νῃ têi rhī́nēi	τοῖν ῥῑ́ναιν toîn rhī́nain	ταῖς ῥῑ́ναις taîs rhī́nais
Accusative	τὴν ῥῑ́νην tḕn rhī́nēn	τὼ ῥῑ́νᾱ tṑ rhī́nā	τᾱ̀ς ῥῑ́νᾱς tā̀s rhī́nās
Vocative	ῥῑ́νη rhī́nē	ῥῑ́νᾱ rhī́nā	ῥῖναι rhînai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ῥῑνάριον (rhīnárion)
• ῥινάω (rhináō)
• ῥῑνέω (rhīnéō)
• ῥῑ́νημα (rhī́nēma)
• ῥίνησις (rhínēsis)
• ῥινητήριον (rhinētḗrion)
• ῥινητής (rhinētḗs)
• ῥινίζω (rhinízō)
• ῥινίον (rhiníon)
• ῥίνισμα (rhínisma)

 

Descendants

• → Translingual: Rhina

See also

Not to be confused with:

• ῥῑ́ς (rhī́s, “nose”) and its related terms
• ῥῑνός (rhīnós, “skin, leather, hide, shield”) and its related terms

Further reading

• “ῥίνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ῥίνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ῥίνη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette