- ῥίς
- ῥίς, ῥῑνόςGrammatical information: f.Meaning: `nose', of man and animal, pl. ῥῖνες `nostrils, nose' (Il.).Other forms: late also ῥί̄νCompounds: Compp.; e.g. ῥιν-ηλατέω `to seek out with the nose, to trace' (A.; cf. on ἐλαύνω), εὔ-ρις, -ρινος `having a good nose, examining keenly' (A., S.), also εὔ-ριν-ο-ς `id.' (late); on the 2. member extens. Sommer Nominalkomp. 87ff.Derivatives: ῥινία pl. `nostrils' (Arist.), ῥινάω `to lead by the nose' (com.).Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]Etymology: Formation like ἴς, θίς; cf. Schwyzer 570 n. 2. No etymology. Arbitrary hypotheses noted in Bq, Hofmann Et. Wb., WP. 1, 140. As arbitrary Hamp Glotta 38, 209 ff.: to OIr. srōn `nose' a.o. The word has replaced the old designation of the nose, Lat. nārēs, nāsus etc. -- The word may well be Pre-Greek.Page in Frisk: 2,659
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.