πολύ-ρρην-ο-ς

πολύ-ρρην, ηνος, ([etym.] ἀρήν)

A rich in lambs, Carm.Naupact.2 ( EGFp.199K.): dat.sg.

- ρρηνι Hsch.

(- ρρήνη cod.): nom. pl.

-ρρηνες, ἄνδρες Il.9.154

, 296, Hes.Fr.134.3, cf. Theoc. 25.117: the older dat. of πολύρρην ([etym.] Πολύ-ϝρην ) is πολύαρνι (from Πολύ-ϝṛνι) Il.2.106 (- ϝρην is to -ϝṛ ν-ι as πατήρ to πατρ-ί).

Grammatical information: m.

Meaning: `sheep, lamb'(A.R.).

Other forms: acc. ῥῆνα (Nic.), dat. pl. ῥήνεσσι (A. R.).

Compounds: As 2. member a.o. in πολύ-ρρην-ες nom. pl. (Ι 154 = 296), thematic. enlarged πολύ-ρρην-ο-ς nom. sg. (λ 257) `rich in sheep'; ὑπό-ρρην-ο-ν acc. sg. (Κ 216) `having a lamb under one, suckling'. As 1. member in ῥηνο-φορεύς m. `bearer of sheep fleece' (AP; Bosshardt 29); from it ῥηνικός `from the sheep', ῥῆνιξ, - ικος f. `sheep fleece' (Hp.).

Derivatives: Several H.-glosses: ῥήνεα πρόβατα (cf. κτήνεα); ῥᾶνα ἄρνα (Elean?), ῥύεινα ἄρνα. Κύπριοι (for Ϝρην-?); prob. also τρανόν (for *Ϝρ-) ἑξαμηνιαῖον πρόβατον (but the α then remains unexplained). -- Here perh the islandname `Ρήνεια (near Delos).

Origin: GR [a formation built with Greek elements]

Etymology: The above forms differ only in ablaut from ἀρήν (s.v.) \< Ϝαρήν; as basis one assumes best *u̯rēn-, which may agree with Lat. rēnō `garment of reindeer(?)-skin with the Germans' (Germ. LW [loanword].; s. W.-Hofmann s.v.), but s. Benvenist, Rev. Ph. 38(1964)20-12. The hell. ep. ῥήνεσσι and ῥῆνα may well have been built after πολύ-ρρην and oher compp., but this explanation fits neither for Hippocrat. ῥηνικός, ῥῆνιξ nor for the glosses of Hesychius; further Sommer Nominalkomp. 66 ff., Ruijgh L'élém. ach. 161 (also Schwyzer 568).

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Grammatical information: m. f.

Meaning: `sheep, lamb' (Il.).

Other forms: Nom. ῥήν A. R. 4, 1497, from the compounds; ῥᾶνα· ἄρνα prob. Elean.

Dialectal forms: Myc. wereneja \/wrēneja\/ in a list of leather goods; woroneia \/ worneja\/; waniko \/ warniskos\/, found as a PN in class. lg. In Gortyn Ϝαρήν.

Compounds: πολύ-ρρην \< *πολύ-Ϝρην \< * urh₁-n-.

Derivatives: ἄρνειος `of a sheep or lamb' (Hdt.), like αἴγειος, βόειος (Chantr. Form, 50f.); - ἀρνακίς `sheepskin' (Ar.), haplol. fem. of *ἀρνό-νακος? - Uncertain ἀρνειός, ἀρνευτήρ (s. v.). βάννεια· τὰ ἄρνεια, καὶ τὰ βάννιμα τὸ αὐτὸ H. (cf. Chantr. Form. 61). Popular ἄριχα (acc.) ἄρρεν πρόβατον H., βάριχοι (= Ϝ-) ἄρνες H. (Chantr. Form. 403; the absence of the nasal is unexplained), confirmed by PN Ϝαριχος Tarente.

Origin: IE [Indo-European] [1170] * urh₁-en- `lamb'

Etymology: ἀρήν \< Ϝαρήν agrees with Arm. gar̄n, -in (n-Stamm) `lamb'. Skt. úraṇ-a- continues *ur̥h₁-en- m. `id.'; cf. MPers. varak `ram'. The original inflection was * urh₁-ēn, * urh₁-en-m, * urh₁-n-os \> *Ϝαρ-ην, *Ϝαρ-εν-α, *Ϝρη-ν-ος; so Ϝαρ-ν- is due to a reshaping. Not to εἶρος `wool' which is from *ϜέρϜος, nor to Lat. vervēx.

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Grammatical information: m. f.

Meaning: `sheep, lamb' (Il.).

Other forms: Nom. ῥήν A. R. 4, 1497, from the compounds; ῥᾶνα· ἄρνα prob. Elean.

Dialectal forms: Myc. wereneja \/wrēneja\/ in a list of leather goods; woroneia \/ worneja\/; waniko \/ warniskos\/, found as a PN in class. lg. In Gortyn Ϝαρήν.

Compounds: πολύ-ρρην \< *πολύ-Ϝρην \< * urh₁-n-.

Derivatives: ἄρνειος `of a sheep or lamb' (Hdt.), like αἴγειος, βόειος (Chantr. Form, 50f.); - ἀρνακίς `sheepskin' (Ar.), haplol. fem. of *ἀρνό-νακος? - Uncertain ἀρνειός, ἀρνευτήρ (s. v.). βάννεια· τὰ ἄρνεια, καὶ τὰ βάννιμα τὸ αὐτὸ H. (cf. Chantr. Form. 61). Popular ἄριχα (acc.) ἄρρεν πρόβατον H., βάριχοι (= Ϝ-) ἄρνες H. (Chantr. Form. 403; the absence of the nasal is unexplained), confirmed by PN Ϝαριχος Tarente.

Origin: IE [Indo-European] [1170] * urh₁-en- `lamb'

Etymology: ἀρήν \< Ϝαρήν agrees with Arm. gar̄n, -in (n-Stamm) `lamb'. Skt. úraṇ-a- continues *ur̥h₁-en- m. `id.'; cf. MPers. varak `ram'. The original inflection was * urh₁-ēn, * urh₁-en-m, * urh₁-n-os \> *Ϝαρ-ην, *Ϝαρ-εν-α, *Ϝρη-ν-ος; so Ϝαρ-ν- is due to a reshaping. Not to εἶρος `wool' which is from *ϜέρϜος, nor to Lat. vervēx.

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ῥήν, ἡ,

A 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.)