ῥόμβος
ῥόμβος or
ῥύμβος,
ὁ,(
ῥέμβω)
A). bull-roarer, instrument whirled round on the end of a string, used in the mysteries,
ῥόμβου θ’ εἱλισσομένα κύκλιος ἔνοσις αἰθερία E. Hel. 1362 , cf.
Archyt. 1 ,
Theoc. 2.30 ; as a boy's 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. 2). magic wheel, 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, Pro
p.2.28.35 , Ov.
Am. 1.8.7 .
b). τροχίσκος ὃν στρέφουσιν ἱμᾶσι τύπτοντες, καὶ οὕτως κτύπον ἀποτελοῦσι Sch. A.R. 1.1134 ;
ὦ ῥύμβε μαστίξας ἐμέ (dub. sens.)
Eup. 72 .
3). tambourine or
kettle-drum, 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 22.1456.49 , cf.
1517.207 .
4). membrum virile, PLond. 1821.164 .
II). whirling motion, as of a bull-roarer,
ἀκόντων ἱέντα ῥόμβον shooting forth
whirling darts,
Pi. O. 13.94 ;
αἰετοῦ ῥ. the eagle's
swoop,
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 14.1389i i34 (perh. an Adj., =
ῥεμβός ).—The Gramm. hold
ῥύμβος to be Att.,
ῥόμβος Hellenic, Sch.
Theoc. 2.30 ,
Ath. 7.330b .
B). rhombus, lozenge, i.e. a four-sided figure with all the sides, but only the opposite angles, equal,
Arist. Mech. 854b16 ,
Euc. 1 Def. 22 .
b). ῥ. στερεός, a figure composed of two cones on opposite sides of the same base,
Archim. Sph.Cyl. 1.26 , al.
2). a species of fish, of which
turbot and
brill are varieties, so called from its rhomblike shape,
Nausicr. 2.13 ;
Ῥωμαῖοι καλοῦσι τὴν ψῆτταν ῥ.
Ath. 7.330b , cf.
ψῆττα.
4). pattern of the same shape, in weaving cloth,
Democr.Eph. 1 ;
διαπλοκὴ ῥόμβων Aristeas
74 .
ShortDef
a spinning-top
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ῥόμβος
Headword (normalized/stripped):
ρομβος
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">ῥόμβος</span> or <span class="orth greek">ῥύμβος</span>, <span class="gen greek">ὁ</span>,(<span class="etym greek">ῥέμβω</span>) <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">bull-roarer</span>, instrument whirled round on the end of a string, used in the mysteries, <span class="quote greek">ῥόμβου θ’ εἱλισσομένα κύκλιος ἔνοσις αἰθερία</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg014.perseus-grc1:1362" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg014.perseus-grc1:1362/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Hel.</span> 1362 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0620.tlg001:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0620.tlg001:1/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Archyt.</span> 1 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0005.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:30" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0005.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.30/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Theoc.</span> 2.30 </a>; as a boy\'s toy, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">AP</span> 6.309 </span> (<span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Leon.</span></span>), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0579.tlg011:31:29" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0579.tlg011:31.29/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Orph.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 31.29 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0579.tlg011:34" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0579.tlg011:34/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 34 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0562.tlg001:5:36" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0562.tlg001:5.36/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">M.Ant.</span> 5.36 </a>; defined as <span class="foreign greek">ξυλήφιον, οὗ ἐξῆπται τὸ σπαρτίον, καὶ ἐν ταῖς τελεταῖς ἐδονεῖτο, ἵνα ῥοιζῇ</span>, Sch.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0555.tlg001:2:17:2" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0555.tlg001:2:17:2/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Clem.Al.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Protr.</span> 2.17.2 </a>, cf. <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hsch.</span> </span> </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">magic wheel</span>, spun alternately in each direction by the torsion of two cords passed through two holes in it, used as a love-charm, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg069:4:5" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg069:4.5/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Luc.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">DMeretr.</span> 4.5 </a>; called <span class="foreign greek">ἴυγξ</span> in <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0005.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:17" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0005.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.17/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Theoc.</span> 2.17 </a>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">AP</span> 5.204 </span>; Lat. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">rhombus</span>, Pro<span class="bibl"> p.2.28.35 </span>, Ov.<span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Am.</span> 1.8.7 </span>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-4"> <span><strong>b).</strong></span> <span class="foreign greek">τροχίσκος ὃν στρέφουσιν ἱμᾶσι τύπτοντες, καὶ οὕτως κτύπον ἀποτελοῦσι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0001.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:1134" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0001.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.1134/canonical-url/">Sch. <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.R.</span> 1.1134 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ὦ ῥύμβε μαστίξας ἐμέ</span> (dub. sens.) <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0461.tlg001:72" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0461.tlg001:72/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Eup.</span> 72 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">tambourine</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">kettle-drum</span>, used in the worship of Rhea and of Dionysus, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg012:303" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg012:303/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 303 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0320.tlg001:1:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0320.tlg001:1.3/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Diog.Ath.</span> 1.3 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0001.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:1139" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0001.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.1139/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.R.</span> 1.1139 </a>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">AP</span> 6.165 </span> (<span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Phal.</span></span>); <span class="quote greek">ῥύμβος ξύλινος ἐπίχρυσος</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IG</span> 22.1456.49 </span> , cf. <span class="bibl"> 1517.207 </span>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>4).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">membrum virile,</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">PLond.</span> 1821.164 </span>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">whirling motion</span>, as of a bull-roarer, <span class="foreign greek">ἀκόντων ἱέντα ῥόμβον</span> shooting forth <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">whirling</span> darts, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg001.perseus-grc1:13:94" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg001.perseus-grc1:13.94/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">O.</span> 13.94 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">αἰετοῦ ῥ</span>. the eagle\'s <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">swoop</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg004.perseus-grc1:4(3).47(65)" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg004.perseus-grc1:4(3).47(65)/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">I.</span> 4(3).47(65) </a>; <span class="quote greek">ῥ. τυπάνων</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg005:1604" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg005:1604/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Dith.Oxy.</span> 1604 </a> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg005:1 ii 9" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg005:1%20ii%209/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 1 ii 9 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ἐν αἰθερίῳ ῥύμβῳ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0319.tlg001:19:2D" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0319.tlg001:19.2D/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Critias</span> 19.2D. </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">ῥόμβου ἀπειρεσίου δινεύμασιν οἶμον ἐλαύνων</span>, of the Sun, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0579.tlg001:8:7" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0579.tlg001:8.7/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Orph.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">H.</span> 8.7 </a>: metaph., <span class="quote greek">Νέμεσις καὶ ῥ. ἀλάστωρ</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IG</span> 14.1389i </span> <span class="bibl"> i34 </span> (perh. an Adj., = <span class="ref greek">ῥεμβός</span> ).—The Gramm. hold <span class="foreign greek">ῥύμβος</span> to be Att., <span class="foreign greek">ῥόμβος</span> Hellenic, Sch.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0005.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:30" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0005.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.30/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Theoc.</span> 2.30 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0008.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7:330b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0008.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7.330b/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ath.</span> 7.330b </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>B).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">rhombus, lozenge</span>, i.e. a four-sided figure with all the sides, but only the opposite angles, equal, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg023:854b:16" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg023:854b.16/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Mech.</span> 854b16 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1799.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1799.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Euc.</span> 1 </a> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Def.</span> 22 </span>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-4"> <span><strong>b).</strong></span> <span class="foreign greek">ῥ. στερεός</span>, a figure composed of two cones on opposite sides of the same base, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0552.tlg001:1:26" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0552.tlg001:1.26/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Archim.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Sph.Cyl.</span> 1.26 </a>, al. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> a species of fish, of which <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">turbot</span> and <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">brill</span> are varieties, so called from its rhomblike shape, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0478.tlg001:2:13" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0478.tlg001:2.13/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Nausicr.</span> 2.13 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">Ῥωμαῖοι καλοῦσι τὴν ψῆτταν ῥ</span>. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0008.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7:330b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0008.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7.330b/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ath.</span> 7.330b </a>, cf. <span class="foreign greek">ψῆττα</span>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">surgical bandage</span>, so called from its shape, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg008.perseus-grc1:7" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg008.perseus-grc1:7/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hp.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Off.</span> 7 </a>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Heliod.</span> </span> ap. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0722.tlg001:48:20:14" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0722.tlg001:48:20:14/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Orib.</span> 48.20.14 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>4).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">pattern of the same shape</span>, in weaving cloth, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1305.tlg001:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1305.tlg001:1/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Democr.Eph.</span> 1 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">διαπλοκὴ ῥόμβων</span> Aristeas <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1305.tlg001:74" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1305.tlg001:74/canonical-url/"> 74 </a>.</div> </div><br><br>'}