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.
Headword (normalized):
ῥόμβος
Headword (normalized/stripped):
ρομβος
Intro Text:
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.
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n29166
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