ῥινοτόρος

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COMPOUND: ῥινοτόρος, -ον
CATEGORIZATION: A [N+V+Suf]
MEANING: ‘hide-piercing, shield-piercing’
ETYMOLOGY: ῥινός ‘an ox-hide shield’ + verb root τορ- (τείρω) ‘oppress, distress, weaken’ + adj. suf. -ος, -ον
OCCURRENCE: Il. XXI, 392
CASE/GENDER/NUMBER: nom. m. sg.
HEADEDNESS: exocentric
CLASSIFICATION: subordinative (argument-V) – tatpuruṣa (V-governing)
NOTES: epithet of Ares