rhina

See also: Rhina

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ῥίνη (rhínē).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

rhīna f (genitive rhīnae); first declension

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

Declension

First-declension noun.

	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.