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ῥόμβος

Second declension Noun; Masculine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ῥόμβος ῥόμβου

Structure: ῥομβ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: r(e/mbw

Sense

  1. bull-roarer, an instrument whirled on the end of a string
  2. anything which may be turned or spun
  3. top (toy)
  4. magical wheel used by magicians
  5. type of tambourine
  6. penis
  7. a spinning motion
  8. rhombus
  9. type of fish including the turbot
  10. a surgeon's bandage

Declension

Second declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • "διὸ καὶ ποικιλίαν τινὰ οἱ ῥόμβοι παρέχονται, τοῦ μὲν μέλανοσ ἔχοντεσ λευκότερον τὸ χρῶμα, τοῦ δὲ λευκοῦ πολὺ μελάντερον. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 14, book 14, chapter 71 1:6)
  • ὅ τε γὰρ Πίνδαροσ ἐν τῷ διθυράμβῳ οὗ ἡ ἀρχή πρὶν μὲν εἱρ͂πε σχοινοτένεια τ’ ἀοιδὰ διθυράμβων, μνησθεὶσ τῶν περὶ τὸν Διόνυσον ὕμνων τῶν τε παλαιῶν καὶ τῶν ὕστερον, μεταβὰσ ἀπὸ τούτων φησί σοὶ μὲν κατάρχειν, μᾶτερ μεγάλα, πάρα ῥόμβοι κυμβάλων, ἐν δὲ κεχλάδειν κρόταλ’, αἰθομένα τε δᾲσ ὑπὸ ξανθαῖσι πεύκαισ, τὴν κοινωνίαν τῶν περὶ τὸν Διόνυσον ἀποδειχθέντων νομίμων παρὰ τοῖσ Ἕλλησι καὶ τῶν παρὰ τοῖσ Φρυξὶ περὶ τὴν μητέρα τῶν θεῶν συνοικειῶν ἀλλήλοισ. (Strabo, Geography, Book 10, chapter 3 22:2)

Synonyms

  1. top

  2. type of tambourine

  3. penis

  4. a spinning motion

  5. type of fish including the turbot

  6. a surgeon's bandage

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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