ΡΟΜΒΟΣ, ρομβος
RHOMBOS, rhombos
Sounds Like: ROM-bos
Translations: rhombus, a rhombus, magic wheel, a magic wheel, bullroarer, a bullroarer
From the root: ΡΟΜΒΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a rhombus, a geometric shape, or more specifically, a magical instrument often used in ancient rituals, sometimes called a bullroarer or magic wheel. It was typically a piece of wood or metal swung on a string to produce a humming or roaring sound, believed to have apotropaic or divinatory powers. It is a masculine noun.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Masculine
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 2:21
From the same root
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