lead by the nose, we were chaffed
lead by the nose, Pherecr. 23, Men. 895:—Pass., ἐρρινώμεθα we were chaffed, Alciphr. Fr. 6.2 (unless metaph. use of sq.).
The corpus record
ῥῑν-άω
rinao1
lead by the nose
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What it meant — LSJ
Where it came from
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