ῥύγχος
Third declension Noun; Neuter
Transliteration:
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.
- ἀλλ̓ αἱ βαρυκέφαλοι μόναι πονηραί, καὶ ὅσαισ παχέα τὰ ῥύγχη καὶ μὴ ἐσ ὀξὺ ἀλλ̓ 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
-
beak of a bird
