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(Greek rhinchos = Latin rostrum.)
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Rhincho grece rostrum et scribitur rigchos et profertur rinchos.
 
Rhincho grece rostrum et scribitur rigchos et profertur rinchos.
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Rhincho is the Greek word for Latin rostrum {“bill or beak of a bird, the snout, muzzle, mouth of animal”, and it is spelt rigchos, but pronounced rinchos.
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<span style="color:#3CB371">Commentary:</span>
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Cf. Greek ῥύγχοϛ /rhýnkhos/ “snout, muzzle (of pigs, dogs and other quadrupeds); beak, bill (of birds)”.
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Simon’s form is affected by the late Greek sound-change υ > ι = /y > i/.
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For the Greek spelling /rhýgkhos/ but pronounced /rhýnkhos/ see [[G littera]].
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For the aspiration of Greek word-initial rho: Ρ,ρ i.e. “R,r” see [[R littera]].
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The missing final “s” in the headword Rhincho is most likely due to a scribe’s or printer’s negligence.

Revision as of 11:14, 28 November 2011

Rhincho grece rostrum et scribitur rigchos et profertur rinchos.

Rhincho is the Greek word for Latin rostrum {“bill or beak of a bird, the snout, muzzle, mouth of animal”, and it is spelt rigchos, but pronounced rinchos.


Commentary:

Cf. Greek ῥύγχοϛ /rhýnkhos/ “snout, muzzle (of pigs, dogs and other quadrupeds); beak, bill (of birds)”.

Simon’s form is affected by the late Greek sound-change υ > ι = /y > i/.

For the Greek spelling /rhýgkhos/ but pronounced /rhýnkhos/ see G littera.

For the aspiration of Greek word-initial rho: Ρ,ρ i.e. “R,r” see R littera.

The missing final “s” in the headword Rhincho is most likely due to a scribe’s or printer’s negligence.