ῥόμβος

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See also: ρόμβος

Ancient Greek

FWOTD – 11 December 2018

Alternative forms

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:

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Greek: ρόμβος (rómvos) (learned)
  • → Latin: rhombus (see there for further descendants)
  • → Old Armenian: ռումբ (ṙumb) (possibly)
  • → Georgian: რუმბი (rumbi) (possibly)
  • → Russian: ромб m (romb)

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