rhina

See also: Rhina

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ῥίνη (rhínē).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈriː.na/, [ˈriːnä]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈri.na/, [ˈriːnä]

Noun

rhīna f (genitive rhīnae); first declension

A kind of shark, of whose skin arrows were made

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	rhīna	rhīnae
Genitive	rhīnae	rhīnārum
Dative	rhīnae	rhīnīs
Accusative	rhīnam	rhīnās
Ablative	rhīnā	rhīnīs
Vocative	rhīna	rhīnae

Descendants

Translingual: Rhina, Rhinae

References

“rhina”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
rhina in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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