"ῥήν" meaning in Ancient Greek

See ῥήν in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /r̥ɛ̌ːn/, /rin/, /rin/, /r̥ɛ̌ːn/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /re̝n/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /rin/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /rin/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /rin/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
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). Head templates: {{grc-noun|ῥηνός|m|third|g2=f|head=*ῥήν}} *ῥήν • (*rhḗn) m or f (genitive ῥηνός); third declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl-blank-full|ὁ/ἡ *ῥήν|τοῦ/τῆς ῥηνός|—|τὸν/τὴν ῥῆνᾰ|—|—|—|—|—|τοῖς/ταῖς ῥήνεσσῐν|—}} Forms: *ῥήν [canonical], ῥηνός [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], [nominative, singular], ἡ *ῥήν [nominative, singular], - [dual, nominative], - [nominative, plural], τοῦ [genitive, singular], τῆς ῥηνός [genitive, singular], - [dual, genitive], - [genitive, plural], - [dative, singular], - [dative, dual], τοῖς [dative, plural], ταῖς ῥήνεσσῐν [dative, plural], τὸν [accusative, singular], τὴν ῥῆνᾰ [accusative, singular], - [accusative, dual], - [accusative, plural], - [singular, vocative], - [dual, vocative], - [plural, vocative]
  1. sheep, lamb Derived forms: ῥηνῐκός (rhēnikós) [adjective], ῥῆνῐξ (rhênix) [feminine, noun], ῥηνοφορεύς (rhēnophoreús) [adjective, masculine]
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  "etymology_text": "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).",
  "forms": [
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      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ῥηνός",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl-blank-full",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ὁ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἡ *ῥήν",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῦ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῆς ῥηνός",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖς",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ταῖς ῥήνεσσῐν",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸν",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὴν ῥῆνᾰ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
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        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
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      "args": {
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        "3": "third",
        "g2": "f",
        "head": "*ῥήν"
      },
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      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "ὁ/ἡ *ῥήν",
        "10": "τοῖς/ταῖς ῥήνεσσῐν",
        "11": "—",
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        "3": "—",
        "4": "τὸν/τὴν ῥῆνᾰ",
        "5": "—",
        "6": "—",
        "7": "—",
        "8": "—",
        "9": "—"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl-blank-full"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
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          "source": "w"
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        }
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      "derived": [
        {
          "roman": "rhēnikós",
          "tags": [
            "adjective"
          ],
          "word": "ῥηνῐκός"
        },
        {
          "roman": "rhênix",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "noun"
          ],
          "word": "ῥῆνῐξ"
        },
        {
          "roman": "rhēnophoreús",
          "tags": [
            "adjective",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ῥηνοφορεύς"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "300 BCE – 250 BCE, Apollonius of Rhodes, Argonautica 4.1495–1497",
          "roman": "Amphíthemis d’ ár’ épeita mígē Tritōnídi númphēi; / hē d’ ára hoi Nasámōna téken kraterón te Káphauron, / hòs tóte Kánthon épephnen epì rhḗnessin heoîsin.",
          "text": "Ἀμφίθεμις δ’ ἄρ’ ἔπειτα μίγη Τριτωνίδι νύμφῃ· / ἡ δ’ ἄρα οἱ Νασάμωνα τέκεν κρατερόν τε Κάφαυρον, / ὃς τότε Κάνθον ἔπεφνεν ἐπὶ ῥήνεσσιν ἑοῖσιν."
        },
        {
          "text": "200 BCE – 100 BCE, Nicander, Theriaca 453"
        },
        {
          "text": "5th century CE, Hesychius Alexandreus, Συναγωγὴ Πασῶν Λέξεων κατὰ Στοιχεῖον"
        },
        {
          "text": "Suid., Suda rho.135"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "sheep, lamb"
      ],
      "id": "en-ῥήν-grc-noun-j6NXyKpe"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/r̥ɛ̌ːn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/rin/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/rin/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/r̥ɛ̌ːn/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/re̝n/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/rin/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/rin/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/rin/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ῥήν"
}
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  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "rhēnikós",
      "tags": [
        "adjective"
      ],
      "word": "ῥηνῐκός"
    },
    {
      "roman": "rhênix",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "noun"
      ],
      "word": "ῥῆνῐξ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "rhēnophoreús",
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ῥηνοφορεύς"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "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).",
  "forms": [
    {
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      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ῥηνός",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl-blank-full",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ὁ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἡ *ῥήν",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
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      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῦ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῆς ῥηνός",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖς",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ταῖς ῥήνεσσῐν",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸν",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὴν ῥῆνᾰ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ῥηνός",
        "2": "m",
        "3": "third",
        "g2": "f",
        "head": "*ῥήν"
      },
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      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "1": "ὁ/ἡ *ῥήν",
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        "11": "—",
        "2": "τοῦ/τῆς ῥηνός",
        "3": "—",
        "4": "τὸν/τὴν ῥῆνᾰ",
        "5": "—",
        "6": "—",
        "7": "—",
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  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
        "Ancient Greek feminine nouns",
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        "Ancient Greek masculine nouns",
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        "Ancient Greek nouns",
        "Ancient Greek nouns with multiple genders",
        "Ancient Greek oxytone terms",
        "Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
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        {
          "ref": "300 BCE – 250 BCE, Apollonius of Rhodes, Argonautica 4.1495–1497",
          "roman": "Amphíthemis d’ ár’ épeita mígē Tritōnídi númphēi; / hē d’ ára hoi Nasámōna téken kraterón te Káphauron, / hòs tóte Kánthon épephnen epì rhḗnessin heoîsin.",
          "text": "Ἀμφίθεμις δ’ ἄρ’ ἔπειτα μίγη Τριτωνίδι νύμφῃ· / ἡ δ’ ἄρα οἱ Νασάμωνα τέκεν κρατερόν τε Κάφαυρον, / ὃς τότε Κάνθον ἔπεφνεν ἐπὶ ῥήνεσσιν ἑοῖσιν."
        },
        {
          "text": "200 BCE – 100 BCE, Nicander, Theriaca 453"
        },
        {
          "text": "5th century CE, Hesychius Alexandreus, Συναγωγὴ Πασῶν Λέξεων κατὰ Στοιχεῖον"
        },
        {
          "text": "Suid., Suda rho.135"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "sheep, lamb"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/r̥ɛ̌ːn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/rin/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/rin/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/r̥ɛ̌ːn/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/re̝n/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/rin/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/rin/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/rin/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ῥήν"
}

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  "msg": "unrecognized head form: *rhḗn",
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