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Étym<\/b>. ῥέμϐω.<\/p>" }, { "dictionary": "LSJ", "reference": "Liddell-Scott-Jones, Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1940)", "source": null, "description": "or ῥύμβος, ὁ, (< ῥέμβω) bull-roarer<\/b>, instrument whirled round on the end of a string, used in the mysteries, ῥόμβου θ’ εἱλισσομένα κύκλιος ἔνοσις αἰθερία E. Hel.<\/i> 1362, cf. Archyt. 1, Theoc. 2.30; as a boy΄s toy, AP<\/i> 6.309 (Leon.), Orph. Fr.<\/i> 31.29, Fr.<\/i> 34, M.Ant 5.36; defined as ξυλήφιον, οὗ ἐξῆπται τὸ σπαρτίον, καὶ ἐν ταῖς τελεταῖς ἐδονεῖτο, ἵνα ῥοιζῇ, Sch. Clem.Al. Protr.<\/i> 2.17.2, cf. Hsch.magic wheel<\/b>, spun alternately in each direction by the torsion of two cords passed through two holes in it, used as a love-charm, Luc. DMeretr.<\/i> 4.5; called ἴυγξ in Theoc. 2.17, AP<\/i> 5.204; Lat. rhombus<\/b>, Pro p. 2.28.35, Ov. Am. 1.8.7. τροχίσκος ὃν στρέφουσιν ἱμᾶσι τύπτοντες, καὶ οὕτως κτύπον ἀποτελοῦσι Sch. A.R.<\/i> 1.1134; ὦ ῥύμβε μαστίξας ἐμέ (dub.sens.<\/font>) Eup. 72.tambourine<\/b> or kettle-drum<\/b>, used in the worship of Rhea and of Dionysus, Ar. Fr.<\/i> 303, Diog. Ath. 1.3, A.R. 1.1139, AP<\/i> 6.165 (Phal.); ῥύμβος ξύλινος ἐπίχρυσος IG2². 1456.49, cf. 1517.207.membrum virile<\/b>, PLond. 1821.164.whirling motion<\/b>, as of a bull-roarer, ἀκόντων ἱέντα ῥόμβον shooting forth whirling<\/b> darts, Pi. O.<\/i> 13.94; αἰετοῦ ῥ. the eagle΄s swoop<\/b>, Id. I.<\/i> 4 (3).47 (65); ῥ. τυπάνων Id. Dith.<\/i> Oxy. 1604 Fr.<\/i> 1 ii 9; ἐν αἰθερίῳ ῥύμβῳ Critias 19.2D. ; ῥόμβου ἀπειρεσίου δινεύμασιν οἶμον ἐλαύνων, of the Sun, Orph. H.<\/i> 8.7; metaph<\/i>, Νέμεσις καὶ ῥ. ἀλάστωρ IG 14.1389i i34 (perh. an Adj.<\/i>, = ῥεμβός). — The Gramm. hold ῥύμβος to be Att.<\/i>, ῥόμβος Hellenic, Sch. Theoc.<\/i> 2.30, Ath. 7.330b.rhombus, lozenge<\/b>, i.e. a four-sided figure with all the sides, but only the opposite angles, equal, Arist. Mech.<\/i> 854b16, Euc. 1 Def.<\/i> 22. ῥ. στερεός, a figure composed of two cones on opposite sides of the same base, Archim. Sph. Cyl.<\/i> 1.26, al. a species of fish, of which turbot<\/b> and brill<\/b> are varieties, so called from its rhomblike shape, Nausicr. 2.13; Ῥωμαῖοι καλοῦσι τὴν ψῆτταν ῥ. Ath. 7.330b, cf. ψῆττα.surgical bandage<\/b>, so called from its shape, Hp. Off.<\/i> 7, Heliod. ap. Orib. 48.20.14.pattern of the same shape<\/b>, in weaving cloth, Democr. Eph. 1; διαπλοκὴ ῥόμβων Aristeas 74." }, { "dictionary": "Pape", "reference": "Pape, Griechisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch (3. Aufl., 1914)", "source": null, "description": "ὁ, att. ῥύμβος<\/b>,1)<\/b> jeder kreisförmige Körper<\/i> ; dah.   a)<\/b> der Kreisel, ein Spielzeug der Knaben<\/i>, τροχίσκος, ὃν στρέφουσιν ἱμᾶσι τύπτοντες, καὶ οὕτω κτύπον ἀποτελοῦσιν, Schol. Ap.Rh<\/i>. 1.1139.   b)<\/b> der Zauberkreisel<\/i>, das Rad, das Zauberer u. Zaubrerinnen bei magischen Gebräuchen, Weihungen, Beschwörungen umzudrehen pflegten ; Theocr. 2.30 ; Luc. D.Mer<\/i>. 4.5. – Aber ῥόμβῳ καὶ τυπάνῳ Ῥείην Φρύγες ἱλάσκονται Ap.Rh. 1.1139, EM<\/i>., ist = ῥόπτρον, Pauke<\/i>.   c)<\/b> eine mathematische Figur, die zwei mit der Grundfläche aufeinandergesetzte Kegel bildet, ein Rhombus<\/i>, Mathem.; vgl. Schol. Theocr<\/i>. 2.18 ; u. so auch Ath. XII.525 zu nehmen : κρόκινα ῥόμβοις ὑφαντά, wo Schweigh.<\/font> zu vgl. – Daher   d)<\/b> ein Fischgeschlecht, die Rochen, Butten, Schollen<\/i>, wegen ihrer Aehnlichkeit mit der Gestalt eines Rhombus, Ath. VII.330.2)<\/b> schnelle, kreisförmige Bewegung, Umschwung<\/i> ; αἰετοῦ ῥόμβον ἴσχει Pind. I<\/i>. 3.65 ; das Herumbewegen im Kreise, das Schleudern<\/i>, ἀκόντων Ol<\/i>. 13.94 ; ῥόμβῳ ἑλισσομένα κύκλιος ἔνοσις Eur. Hel<\/i>. 1378 ; sp.D." } ] } ] }