ῥήν

ῥήν, ἡ,

• sheep, lamb (not found in nom.), ῥήνεσσι A.R. 4.1497; ῥῆνα Nic. Th. 453. (From ϝρήν, old nom. of ϝάρνα, ϝαρνός, etc., v. ἀρήν, and cf. πολύ-ρρην:—also ῥᾶνα· ἄρνα, Hsch. (perh. Elean); τρανόν [i.e. perh. ϝρᾶνον]· ἑξαμηνιαῖον πρόβατον, Id.)

ῥήν, ῥηνός, ἡ, Schaf, Lamm, seltenes Dichterwort, nur noch bei sp.D.; ἐπὶ ῥήνεσσιν ἑοῖσιν, Ap.Rh. 4.1497 ; Nic. Ther. 453. Bes. in Kompp.

ῥήν, ῥηνός, late word = *ἄρς, ἀρνός.