ῥύγχος

See also: ρύγχος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Perhaps from a Proto-Indo-European *srungʰ- (to snore; nose) and related to Old Armenian ռունգն (ṙungn, nose). See also Proto-Celtic *srognā (nose), as well as the similarly-formed ῥέγκω (rhénkō, to snore), which may stem from the same root complex.[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ῥῠ́γχος • (rhŭ́nkhosn (genitive ῥῠ́γχους); third declension

  1. snout, the nose of an animal, muzzle
  2. beak of a bird, bill
    Synonym: ῥάμφος (rhámphos)

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Greek: ρύγχος (rýnchos)

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ῥύγχος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1293

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