ῥινός

A. skin of a living person, Il. 5.308, Od. 5.426,435, etc.; rarely of a corpse, Od. 14.134, Hes. Sc. 152.

II. hide of a beast, esp. ox-hide, Od. 1.108, al.; also ῥ. πολιοῖο λύκοιο Il. 10.334; ῥ. λέοντος Pi. I. 5(6).37; not in Hom. of the skin of a live beast, but so used by Hes. Op. 515, Sc. 427; πωλικῆς ῥινοῦ E. Rh. 784.

2. oxhide shield, σύν ῥ’ ἔβαλον ῥινούς Il. 4.447 (imitated by Ar. Pax 1274); cf. Il. 16.636 and ῥινόν 2.

3. pl., thongs of boxing-gloves, A.R. 2.58.

4. leather of a sling, AP 7.172 (Antip. Sid.).—The gender is fem. in Il. 7.248, 20.276, Od. 22.278 (v.l.), Hes. Sc. 152, E.l.c., Nic. Th. 361, A.R. 4.174; masc. in Nic. Al. 476, Opp. C. 3.277: cf. ῥινόν, τό.(vρινός, as shown by γρῖνος· δέρμα, Hsch., γρίντης· βυρσεύς, Id.: cf. ταλαύρινος.)