The corpus record

ῥίνη

rine · ἡ

file, rasp

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Where it lives

Shield of Heracles 1 · 3.09/10k
Hiero 1 · 1.68/10k
De Respiratione 1 · 1.65/10k
Symposium 1 · 1.05/10k
Protagoras 1 · 0.56/10k
Memorabilia 1 · 0.28/10k
Cyropaedia 1 · 0.13/10k
Iliad 1 · 0.09/10k

What it meant — LSJ

file, rasp

file, rasp, X. Cyr. 6.2.33, Arist. Aud. 803a2, Aen.Tact. 18.5, IG ΙΙ(2).173.11 (Delos, iii B.C.), etc.; χαρακταὶ ῥῖναι AP 6.205 (Leon.).

II shark with a rough skin, Rhina squatina, angel fish

shark with a rough skin, used (like shagreen) for polishing wood and marble, Rhina squatina, angel fish, Hp. Int. 1, Epich. 59, Archipp. 25, Anaxandr. 41.53, Arist. HA 540b11, al. (ῥινή I, ῥίνη II acc. to Hdn.Gr. 1.333.)

In the wild

ῥινῶν · rhinōn Aristotle, De Respiratione (DIORISIS sentence 65)
ῥινῶν · rhinōn Shield of Heracles 267
ῥινῶν · rhinōn Iliad 19.39
ῥινῶν · rhinōn Plato, Protagoras 334
ῥίνην · rhinēn Xenophon, Cyropaedia 6.2.33 (DIORISIS sentence 3255)
ῥινῶν · rhinōn Xenophon, Hiero 1.4 (DIORISIS sentence 10)

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Where it came from

Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. ῥίνη (scan p. 994; entry #6979).
Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. ῥίνη (scan pp. 1629-1630; entry #4979).

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