nostril
nostril
subs.
P. and V. ῥί̄ς, ἡ. Ar. and V. μυκτήρ, ὁ (also Plat. but rare P.), Ar. and V. μύξᾰ, ἡ (Soph. Frag.).
With breath of snorting nostrils: V. μυκτηροκόμποις πνεύμασιν (Aesch. Theb. 464).
subs.
P. and V. ῥί̄ς, ἡ. Ar. and V. μυκτήρ, ὁ (also Plat. but rare P.), Ar. and V. μύξᾰ, ἡ (Soph. Frag.).
With breath of snorting nostrils: V. μυκτηροκόμποις πνεύμασιν (Aesch. Theb. 464).
nostril: nāris, is, f.: dilated n., panda n., Ov. M. 3, 675; patulae nares, Virg. G. 1, 376. to inflate the n.s and pull them about, nares inflare, digito inquietare, Quint. 11, 3, 80: Cic.