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|Definition=or ῥύμβος, ὁ, (ῥέμβω) <span class="sense"><p> <span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">bull-roarer</b>, instrument whirled round on the end of a string, used in the mysteries, ῥόμβου θ' εἱλισσομένα κύκλιος ἔνοσις αἰθερία <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hel.</span>1362</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Archyt.1</span>, <span class="bibl">Theoc.2.30</span>; as a boy's toy, <span class="title">AP</span>6.309 (Leon.), <span class="bibl">Orph.<span class="title">Fr.</span>31.29</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Fr.</span>34</span>, <span class="bibl">M.Ant.5.36</span>; defined as <b class="b3">ξυλήφιον, οὗ ἐξῆπται τὸ σπαρτίον, καὶ ἐν ταῖς τελεταῖς ἐδονεῖτο, ἵνα ῥοιζῇ</b>, Sch.<span class="bibl">Clem.Al.<span class="title">Protr.</span>2.17.2</span>, cf. Hsch. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">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, <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">DMeretr.</span> 4.5</span>; called <b class="b3">ἴυγξ</b> in <span class="bibl">Theoc.2.17</span>, <span class="title">AP</span>5.204; Lat. | |Definition=or ῥύμβος, ὁ, (ῥέμβω) <span class="sense"><p> <span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">bull-roarer</b>, instrument whirled round on the end of a string, used in the mysteries, ῥόμβου θ' εἱλισσομένα κύκλιος ἔνοσις αἰθερία <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hel.</span>1362</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Archyt.1</span>, <span class="bibl">Theoc.2.30</span>; as a boy's toy, <span class="title">AP</span>6.309 (Leon.), <span class="bibl">Orph.<span class="title">Fr.</span>31.29</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Fr.</span>34</span>, <span class="bibl">M.Ant.5.36</span>; defined as <b class="b3">ξυλήφιον, οὗ ἐξῆπται τὸ σπαρτίον, καὶ ἐν ταῖς τελεταῖς ἐδονεῖτο, ἵνα ῥοιζῇ</b>, Sch.<span class="bibl">Clem.Al.<span class="title">Protr.</span>2.17.2</span>, cf. Hsch. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">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, <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">DMeretr.</span> 4.5</span>; called <b class="b3">ἴυγξ</b> in <span class="bibl">Theoc.2.17</span>, <span class="title">AP</span>5.204; Lat. [[rhombus]], Prop.2.28.35, Ov.<span class="title">Am.</span>1.8.7. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">b</span> <b class="b3">τροχίσκος ὃν στρέφουσιν ἱμᾶσι τύπτοντες, καὶ οὕτως κτύπον ἀποτελοῦσι</b> Sch.<span class="bibl">A.R.1.1134</span>; <b class="b3">ὦ ῥύμβε μαστίξας ἐμέ</b> (dub. sens.) <span class="bibl">Eup.72</span>. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">3</span> [[tambourine]] or <b class="b2">kettle-drum</b>, used in the worship of Rhea and of Dionysus, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Fr.</span>303</span>, <span class="bibl">Diog.Ath.1.3</span>, <span class="bibl">A.R. 1.1139</span>, <span class="title">AP</span>6.165 (Phal.); ῥύμβος ξύλινος ἐπίχρυσος <span class="title">IG</span>22.1456.49, cf. 1517.207. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">4</span> <b class="b2">membrum virile</b>, PLond.1821.164. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">whirling motion</b>, as of a bull-roarer, <b class="b3">ἀκόντων ἱέντα ῥόμβον</b> shooting forth [[whirling]] darts, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>13.94</span>; <b class="b3">αἰετοῦ ῥ</b>. the eagle's [[swoop]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">I.</span>4(3).47(65)</span>; ῥ. τυπάνων <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Dith.Oxy.</span>1604</span> <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Fr.</span>1 ii 9</span>; ἐν αἰθερίῳ ῥύμβῳ <span class="bibl">Critias 19.2D.</span>; <b class="b3">ῥόμβου ἀπειρεσίου δινεύμασιν οἶμον ἐλαύνων</b>, of the Sun, <span class="bibl">Orph.<span class="title">H.</span> 8.7</span>: metaph., Νέμεσις καὶ ῥ. ἀλάστωρ <span class="title">IG</span>14.1389ii34 (perh. an Adj., = [[ῥεμβός]]).—The Gramm. hold <b class="b3">ῥύμβος</b> to be Att., <b class="b3">ῥόμβος</b> Hellenic, Sch.<span class="bibl">Theoc.2.30</span>, <span class="bibl">Ath.7.330b</span>. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">B</span> <b class="b2">rhombus, lozenge</b>, i.e. a four-sided figure with all the sides, but only the opposite angles, equal, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Mech.</span>854b16</span>, <span class="bibl">Euc.1</span> <span class="title">Def.</span> 22. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">b</span> <b class="b3">ῥ. στερεός</b>, a figure composed of two cones on opposite sides of the same base, <span class="bibl">Archim.<span class="title">Sph.Cyl.</span>1.26</span>, al. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">2</span> a species of fish, of which [[turbot]] and [[brill]] are varieties, so called from its rhomblike shape, <span class="bibl">Nausicr.2.13</span>; <b class="b3">Ῥωμαῖοι καλοῦσι τὴν ψῆτταν ῥ</b>. <span class="bibl">Ath.7.330b</span>, cf. [[ψῆττα]]. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b2">surgical bandage</b>, so called from its shape, <span class="bibl">Hp. <span class="title">Off.</span>7</span>, Heliod. ap. <span class="bibl">Orib.48.20.14</span>. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">4</span> <b class="b2">pattern of the same shape</b>, in weaving cloth, <span class="bibl">Democr.Eph.1</span>; <b class="b3">διαπλοκὴ ῥόμβων</b> Aristeas <span class="bibl">74</span>.</span> | ||
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