rhina

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Latin[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ῥίνη (rhínē).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

rhīna f (genitive rhīnae); first declension

  1. A kind of shark, of whose skin arrows were made

Declension[edit]

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[edit]

References[edit]

  • “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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