ῥόμβος

See also: ρόμβος

Ancient Greek
FWOTD – 11 December 2018

Alternative forms
  • ῥύμβος (rhúmbos) – Attic

Etymology

From ῥέμβω (rhémbō, “I turn”).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

ῥόμβος • (rhómbos) m (genitive ῥόμβου); second declension

  1. (religion) bullroarer, an instrument whirled on the end of a string
  2. anything which may be turned or spun
  3. top (toy)
  4. magical wheel used by magicians
  5. (music) type of tambourine
  6. penis
  7. a spinning motion
  8. (geometry) rhombus
    • 350 BCE – 250 BCE, Euclid, Elements 1:
      ῥόμβος δέ, ὃ ἰσόπλευρον μέν, οὐκ ὀρθογώνιον δέ
      rhómbos dé, hò isópleuron mén, ouk orthogṓnion dé
      a rhombus is that which is equilateral but not right-angled
  9. type of fish including the turbot and brill
  10. (medicine) a surgeon's bandage

Declension
Second declension of ὁ ῥόμβος; τοῦ ῥόμβου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ ῥόμβος
ho rhómbos		 τὼ ῥόμβω
tṑ rhómbō		 οἱ ῥόμβοι
hoi rhómboi
Genitive τοῦ ῥόμβου
toû rhómbou		 τοῖν ῥόμβοιν
toîn rhómboin		 τῶν ῥόμβων
tôn rhómbōn
Dative τῷ ῥόμβῳ
tôi rhómbōi		 τοῖν ῥόμβοιν
toîn rhómboin		 τοῖς ῥόμβοις
toîs rhómbois
Accusative τὸν ῥόμβον
tòn rhómbon		 τὼ ῥόμβω
tṑ rhómbō		 τοὺς ῥόμβους
toùs rhómbous
Vocative ῥόμβε
rhómbe		 ῥόμβω
rhómbō		 ῥόμβοι
rhómboi
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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