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Lewis Short
(adjective) = ῥινόκερως.: rhīnŏcĕros, ōtis, m.
* Lit., a rhinoceros, Plin. 8, 20, 29, § 71; Mart. Spect. 9; 22; id. Epigr. 14, 53; 14, 52, 2; Curt. 8, 9, 16; 9, 1, 5; Suet. Aug. 43: cornua rhinocerotis, Vulg. Deut. 33, 17; Plin. 6, 29, 34, § 173.
* Meton., a vessel made of the rhinoceros's horn, Juv. 7, 130.— A nickname for a man with a long nose, Lucil. ap. Non. 25, 30 (v. brochus).— Prov.: nasum rhinocerotis habere,i.e. to turn up the nose, to sneer at every thing,Mart. 1, 3, 6.— Hence, rhīnŏcĕrōtĭcus, a, um, , of a rhinoceros: naris,i.e. sneering, mockery,Sid. Carm. 9, 339.
* Lit., a rhinoceros, Plin. 8, 20, 29, § 71; Mart. Spect. 9; 22; id. Epigr. 14, 53; 14, 52, 2; Curt. 8, 9, 16; 9, 1, 5; Suet. Aug. 43: cornua rhinocerotis, Vulg. Deut. 33, 17; Plin. 6, 29, 34, § 173.
* Meton., a vessel made of the rhinoceros's horn, Juv. 7, 130.— A nickname for a man with a long nose, Lucil. ap. Non. 25, 30 (v. brochus).— Prov.: nasum rhinocerotis habere,i.e. to turn up the nose, to sneer at every thing,Mart. 1, 3, 6.— Hence, rhīnŏcĕrōtĭcus, a, um, , of a rhinoceros: naris,i.e. sneering, mockery,Sid. Carm. 9, 339.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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