rhinoceros

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

rhīnŏcĕros, ōtis, m., = ῥινόκερως.

I 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.—

II 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, adj., of a rhinoceros : naris, i.e. sneering , mockery , Sid. Carm. 9, 339.

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