ῥήν

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ϝρήν (wrḗn), the old nominative of ϝάρνα (wárna), ϝαρνός (warnós), etc., for which see ἀρήν (arḗn); compare πολύρρην (polúrrhēn), ῥᾶνα (rhâna), and τρανόν (tranón), the last perhaps from ϝρᾶνον (wrânon).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /r̥ɛ̌ːn/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /re̝n/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /rin/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /rin/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /rin/

Noun

*ῥήν • (*rhḗn) m or f (genitive ῥηνός); third declension

sheep, lamb
- 300 BCE – 250 BCE, Apollonius of Rhodes, Argonautica 4.1495–1497:
  Ἀμφίθεμις δ’ ἄρ’ ἔπειτα μίγη Τριτωνίδι νύμφῃ· / ἡ δ’ ἄρα οἱ Νασάμωνα τέκεν κρατερόν τε Κάφαυρον, / ὃς τότε Κάνθον ἔπεφνεν ἐπὶ ῥήνεσσιν ἑοῖσιν.
  Amphíthemis d’ ár’ épeita mígē Tritōnídi númphēi; / hē d’ ára hoi Nasámōna téken kraterón te Káphauron, / hòs tóte Kánthon épephnen epì rhḗnessin heoîsin.
- 200 BCE – 100 BCE, Nicander, Theriaca 453
- 5th century CE, Hesychius Alexandreus, Συναγωγὴ Πασῶν Λέξεων κατὰ Στοιχεῖον
- Suid., Suda rho.135

Declension

Declension of ὁ/ἡ *ῥήν, τοῦ/τῆς ῥηνός

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ/ἡ *ῥήν	—	—
Genitive	τοῦ/τῆς ῥηνός	—	—
Dative	—	—	τοῖς/ταῖς ῥήνεσσῐν
Accusative	τὸν/τὴν ῥῆνᾰ	—	—
Vocative	—	—	—

Dialectal forms:
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Derived terms

ῥηνοφορεύς (rhēnophoreús, masculine adjective)
ῥηνῐκός (rhēnikós, adjective)
ῥῆνῐξ f (rhênix, noun)

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