rhīnoceros, ōtis, m., = ῥινόκερως. 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.

— 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, rhīnocerōticus, a, um, adj., of a rhinoceros: naris, i.e. sneering, mockery, Sid. Carm. 9, 339.