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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

  • πλατύνοντεσ ἔστε ἐπὶ τὸ ἥμισυ τοῦ παντόσ, ἐνθένδε αὖ κατὰ ταὐτὰ ἐσ στενὸν συνάγοντεσ τὸν ῥόμβον ἐκπληροῦσι. (Arrian, chapter 17 3:1)
  • Ῥωμαῖοι δὲ καλοῦσι τὴν ψῆτταν ῥόμβον, καί ἐστι τὸ ὄνομα Ἑλληνικόν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 7, book 7, chapter 139 2:7)
  • ἐμὲ δ’ εὐθὺν ἀκόντων ἱέντα ῥόμβον παρὰ σκοπὸν οὐ χρὴ τὰ πολλὰ βέλεα καρτύνειν χεροῖν. (Pindar, Odes, olympian odes, olympian 13 26:1)
  • τόλμᾳ γὰρ εἰκὼσ θυμὸν ἐριβρεμετᾶν θηρῶν λεόντων ἐν πόνῳ, μῆτιν δ’ ἀλώπηξ, αἰετοῦ ἅ τ’ ἀναπιτναμένα ῥόμβον ἴσχει. (Pindar, Odes, isthmian odes, isthmian 4 15:2)
  • εὔφημόν τοι σφαῖραν, ἐυκρόταλόν τε Φιλοκλῆσ Ἑρμείῃ ταύτην πυξινέην πλατάγην, ἀστραγάλασ θ’ αἷσ πόλλ’ ἐπεμήνατο, καὶ τὸν ἑλικτὸν ῥόμβον, κουροσύνησ παίγνι’ ἀνεκρέμασεν. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 6, chapter 3091)

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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