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ῥόμβος
ῥόμβος ῥόμβος, or ῥύμβος, ὁ, ῥέμβω a spinning-top or wheel, Lat. turbo, Eur., Anth. a magic wheel, used by sorcerers to aid their spells, Theocr., Hor. a spinning, whirling motion, of a top or wheel, ἱέντα ῥόμβον ἀκόντων shooting forth whirling darts, Pind.; ῥ. αἰετοῦ the eagleʼs swoop, Pind. a rhomb, lozenge, i. e. a four-sided figure with all the sides, but only the opposite angles, equal, Euclid. a fish, the turbot, brill.

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a spinning-top

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ῥόμβος
Headword (normalized):
ῥόμβος
Headword (normalized/stripped):
ρομβος
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ῥόμβος ῥόμβος, or ῥύμβος, ὁ, ῥέμβω a spinning-top or wheel, Lat. turbo, Eur., Anth. a magic wheel, used by sorcerers to aid their spells, Theocr., Hor. a spinning, whirling motion, of a top or wheel, ἱέντα ῥόμβον ἀκόντων shooting forth whirling darts, Pind.; ῥ. αἰετοῦ the eagleʼs swoop, Pind. a rhomb, lozenge, i. e. a four-sided figure with all the sides, but only the opposite angles, equal, Euclid. a fish, the turbot, brill.
IDX:
29132
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n29166
Key:
r(o/mbos

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