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  "headword": "ῥόμβος",
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          "definition": "<i>bull-roarer,</i> instrument whirled round on the end of a string, used in the mysteries, ῥόμβου θʼ εἱλισσομένα κύκλιος ἔνοσις αἰθερία E. Hel. 1362, cf. Archyt. 1, Theoc. 2.30; as a boyʼs toy, AP 6.309 ( Leon.), Orph. Fr. 31.29, Fr. 34, M.Ant. 5.36; defined as ξυλήφιον, οὗ ἐξῆπται τὸ σπαρτίον, καὶ ἐν ταῖς τελεταῖς ἐδονεῖτο, ἵνα ῥοιζῇ, Sch. Clem.Al. Protr. 2.17.2, cf. Hsch.",
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                "quote": "ῥόμβου θʼ εἱλισσομένα κύκλιος ἔνοσις αἰθερία",
                "ref": "E. Hel. 1362",
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                  "label": "2",
                  "definition": "<i>magic wheel,</i> spun alternately in each direction by the torsion of two cords passed through two holes in it, used as a love-charm, Luc. DMeretr. 4.5; called ἴυγξ in Theoc. 2.17, AP 5.204; Lat. rhombus, Prop. 2.28.35, Ov. Am. 1.8.7.",
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                    {
                      "label": "b",
                      "definition": "τροχίσκος ὃν στρέφουσιν ἱμᾶσι τύπτοντες, καὶ οὕτως κτύπον ἀποτελοῦσι Sch. A.R. 1.1134; ὦ ῥύμβε μαστίξας ἐμέ (dub. sens.) Eup. 72.",
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                  "label": "3",
                  "definition": "<i>tambourine</i> or <i>kettle-drum,</i> used in the worship of Rhea and of Dionysus, Ar. Fr. 303, Diog.Ath. 1.3, A.R. 1.1139, AP 6.165 ( Phal.); ῥύμβος ξύλινος ἐπίχρυσος IG 2(2).1456.49, cf. 1517.207.",
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "ῥύμβος ξύλινος ἐπίχρυσος",
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                  ],
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                },
                {
                  "label": "4",
                  "definition": "<i>membrum virile,</i> PLond. 1821.164.",
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              "label": "II",
              "definition": "<i>whirling motion,</i> as of a bull-roarer, ἀκόντων ἱέντα ῥόμβον shooting forth <i>whirling</i> darts, Pi. O. 13.94; αἰετοῦ ῥ. the eagleʼs <i>swoop,</i> Id. I. 4(3).47(65); ῥ. τυπάνων Id. Dith.Oxy. 1604 Fr. 1 ii 9; ἐν αἰθερίῳ ῥύμβῳ Critias 19.2D.; ῥόμβου ἀπειρεσίου δινεύμασιν οἶμον ἐλαύνων, of the Sun, Orph. H. 8.7: metaph., Νέμεσις καὶ ῥ. ἀλάστωρ IG 14.1389ii34 (perh. an Adj., = ῥεμβός).—The Gramm. hold ῥύμβος to be Att., ῥόμβος Hellenic, Sch. Theoc. 2.30, Ath. 7.330b.",
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                    "quote": "ῥ. τυπάνων",
                    "ref": "Id. Dith.Oxy. 1604",
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-124323",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "ἐν αἰθερίῳ ῥύμβῳ",
                    "ref": "Critias 19.2D.",
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                  "data": {
                    "quote": "Νέμεσις καὶ ῥ. ἀλάστωρ",
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          "label": "B",
          "definition": "<i>rhombus, lozenge,</i> i.e. a four-sided figure with all the sides, but only the opposite angles, equal, Arist. Mech. 854b16, Euc. 1 Def. 22.",
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                      "label": "b",
                      "definition": "ῥ. στερεός, a figure composed of two cones on opposite sides of the same base, Archim. Sph.Cyl. 1.26, al.",
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                },
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                  "label": "2",
                  "definition": "<i>turbot</i> and <i>brill</i> are varieties, so called from its rhomblike shape, Nausicr. 2.13; Ῥωμαῖοι καλοῦσι τὴν ψῆτταν ῥ. Ath. 7.330b, cf. ψῆττα.",
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                },
                {
                  "label": "3",
                  "definition": "<i>surgical bandage,</i> so called from its shape, Hp. Off. 7, Heliod. ap. Orib. 48.20.14.",
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                },
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                  "label": "4",
                  "definition": "<i>pattern of the same shape,</i> in weaving cloth, Democr.Eph. 1; διαπλοκὴ ῥόμβων Aristeas 74.",
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