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Headword: *(ri/n
Adler number: rho,168
Translated headword: nose, snout
Vetting Status: high
Translation:

[genitive] r(ino/s.[1] Also [sc. attested is the nominative plural] r(i=nes, [meaning] nostrils; and out of the same [word comes the participle] r(inhlatou/menos ["being nosed-out"],[2] [meaning] being chased. From a metaphor of hunting dogs.

Greek Original:

*(ri/n, r(ino/s. kai\ *(ri=nes, oi( mukth=res: kai\ e)c au)tou= *(rinhlatou/menos, e)launo/menos. a)po\ metafora=s tw=n i)xneutw=n kunw=n.

Notes:

[1] The headword itself, r(i/n, is a late form of r(i/s: see LSJ s.v. and cf. rho 186.
[2] Attested only here (but for the verb cf. rho 170).

Keywords: daily life; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; imagery; zoology
Translated by: Ross Scaife ✝ on 21 March 2002@20:44:49.
Vetted by:

David Whitehead (added note and keyword; cosmetics) on 10 April 2002@10:58:45.
David Whitehead (another keyword) on 18 October 2005@06:51:20.
David Whitehead (another note; tweaks and cosmetics) on 24 August 2011@08:51:02.
David Whitehead on 24 August 2011@08:53:48.
Catharine Roth (cross-reference) on 10 January 2022@18:52:51.

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