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rhīnŏcĕros , ōtis, m., = ῥινόκερως.
I. Lit., a rhinoceros, Plin. 8, 20, 29, § 71; Mart. Spect. 9; 22; id. Epigr. 14, 53; 14, 52, 2; Curt. 8, 9, 16; 9, 1, 5; Suet. Aug. 43: cornua rhinocerotis, Vulg. Deut. 33, 17; Plin. 6, 29, 34, § 173.—
II. Meton., a vessel made of the rhinoceros's horn, Juv. 7, 130.— A nickname for a man with a long nose, Lucil. ap. Non. 25, 30 (v. brochus).— “Prov.: nasum rhinocerotis habere,” i.e. to turn up the nose, to sneer at every thing, Mart. 1, 3, 6.— Hence, rhīnŏcĕrōtĭcus , a, um, adj., of a rhinoceros: “naris,” i.e. sneering, mockery, Sid. Carm. 9, 339.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (6):
    • Old Testament, Deuteronomy, 33.17
    • Suetonius, Divus Augustus, 43
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 8.71
    • Martial, Epigrammata, 14.53
    • Curtius, Historiarum Alexandri Magni, 8.9.16
    • Curtius, Historiarum Alexandri Magni, 9.1.5
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