ῥίς

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

• (5th BC Attic): IPA: /r̥i͜ís/

• (1st BC Egyptian): IPA: /r̥iːs/

• (4th AD Koine): IPA: /ris/

• (10th AD Byzantine): IPA: /ris/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan): IPA: /ɾis/

Etymology

According to Robert Beekes, probably a Pre-Greek borrowing.

Noun

ῥίς (genitive ῥινός) f, third declension; (rhis)

1. nose
2. (plural) nostrils

Inflection

Inflection

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ῥίς	ῥῖνε	ῥῖνες
Genitive	ῥινός	ῥινοῖν	ῥινῶν
Dative	ῥινί	ῥινοῖν	ῥισί(ν)
Accusative	ῥῖνᾰ	ῥῖνε	ῥῖνᾰς
Vocative	ῥίς	ῥῖνε	ῥῖνες

• Also: Ionic genitive plural: ῥινέων

References

• LSJ