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ῥύγχος

Third declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: ῥύγχος ῥύγχεος

Structure: ῥυγχο (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: r(u/zw

Sense

  1. snout, the nose of an animal, muzzle
  2. beak of a bird

Declension

Third declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • τούτουσ δ’ ἐτύκιζον αἱ κρέκεσ τοῖσ ῥύγχεσιν. (Aristophanes, Birds, Lyric-Scene16)
  • ὄρνιθεσ ἦσαν τέκτονεσ σοφώτατοι πελεκᾶντεσ, οἳ τοῖσ ῥύγχεσιν ἀπεπελέκησαν τὰσ πύλασ· (Aristophanes, Birds, Lyric-Scene 1:6)

Synonyms

  1. snout

  2. beak of a bird

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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