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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

  • ἐπὶ δὲ τῆσ ὑπολοίπου τὸν οὐραγόν, κατὰ δὲ τὰσ πλευρὰσ τοῦ ῥόμβου τοὺσ ἀρίστουσ τῶν ἱππέων. (Arrian, chapter 16 8:1)
  • τὸ δὲ ἥμισυ τοῦ ῥόμβου ἔμβολόν ἐστιν, ὥστ̓ ἐνταὐτῷ δεδήλωταί μοι καὶ τοῦ ἐμβόλου τὸ σχῆμα. (Arrian, chapter 17 4:1)
  • εἶτα ἐκ τοῦ κόλπου προκομίσασα ῥόμβου ἐπιστρέφει ἐπῳδήν τινα λέγουσα ἐπιτρόχῳ τῇ γλώττῃ, βαρβαρικὰ καὶ φρικώδη ὀνόματα. (Lucian, Dialogi meretricii, 5:3)
  • μέγα τοι δύναται νεβρῶν παμποίκιλοι στολίδεσ κισσοῦ τε στεφθεῖσα χλόα νάρθηκασ εἰσ ἱερούσ, ῥόμβου θ’ εἱλισσομένα κύκλιοσ ἔνοσισ αἰθερία, βακχεύουσά τ’ ἔθειρα Βρομί ῳ καὶ παννυχίδεσ θεᾶσ. (Euripides, Helen, choral, antistrophe 22)

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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