ῥύγχος?
Third declension Noun; Neuter
Transliteration: rhynchos
Principal Part:
ῥύγχος
ῥύγχεος
Structure:
ῥυγχο
(Stem)
+
ς
(Ending)
Sense
- snout, the nose of an animal, muzzle
- 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.
- ἀλλ᾿ αἱ βαρυκέφαλοι μόναι πονηραί, καὶ ὅσαις παχέα τὰ ῥύγχη καὶ μὴ ἐς ὀξὺ ἀλλ᾿ ἀθρόως ἀπολήγοντα. (Arrian, Cynegeticus, chapter 4 4:4)
- ὡς δεῖ τώδ οἰμώζειν ἄμφω καὶ δοῦναι ῥύγχει φορβάν. (Aristophanes, Birds, Agon, antistrophe2)
- ἐλελελεῦ χώρει κάθες τὸ ῥύγχος: (Aristophanes, Birds, Agon, antepirrheme16)
- πάνυ τοίνυν χρὴ ῥύγχος βόσκειν σε τὸ λοιπόν: (Aristophanes, Birds, Agon, epirrheme19)
- ἀλλ ὦ κακόδαιμον ῥύγχος ὀβελίσκοιν ἔχει. (Aristophanes, Birds, Episode, anapests12)
- Ἀριστοτέλης δὲ σχιδανόποδά φησιν αὐτὸν εἶναι ἔχειν τε χρῶμα κυάνεον, σκέλη μακρά, ῥύγχος ἠργμένον ἐκ τῆς κεφαλῆς φοινικοῦν, μέγεθος ἀλεκτρυόνος, στόμαχον δ ἔχει λεπτὸν διὸ τῶν λαμβανομένων εἰς τὸν πόδα ταμιεύεται μικρὰς τὰς ψωμίδας. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 9, book 9, chapter 40 1:3)
- τῶν δὲ περδίκων ἐστὶν ἕτερον γένος ἐν Ἰταλίᾳ ἀμαυρὸν τῇ πτερώσει καὶ μικρότερον τῇ ἕξει, τὸ ῥύγχος οὐχὶ κινναβάρινον ἔχον. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 9, book 9, chapter 43 1:3)
Synonyms
-
snout
- ῥίς (nose, snout)
- μυκτήρ (the nose, snout, the nostrils)
-
beak of a bird
