Εἰδύλλια (2.30)

ῥόμβος

bull-roarer, 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.

ῥόμβος

II whirling motion, as of a bull-roarer, ἀκόντων ἱέντα ῥόμβον shooting forth whirling darts, Pi. O. 13.94; αἰετοῦ ῥ. the eagleʼs 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 14.1389ii34 (perh. an Adj., = ῥεμβός).—The Gramm. hold ῥύμβος to be Att., ῥόμβος Hellenic, Sch. Theoc. 2.30, Ath. 7.330b.