rhombus
See also: Rhombus
English
Etymology
From Latin rhombus, from Ancient Greek ῥόμβος (rhómbos, “rhombus, spinning top”), from ῥέμβω (rhémbō, “I turn around”).
Pronunciation
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Audio (AUS) (file)
Noun
rhombus (plural rhombi or rhombuses)
- (zoology, now rare) Any of several flatfishes, including the brill and turbot, once considered part of the genus Rhombus, now in Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.. [from 16th c.]
- 1638, Thomas Herbert, Some Yeares Travels, I:
- the greedy Tuberon or Shark arm'd with a double row of venemous teeth pursues them, directed by a little Rhombus, Musculus or pilot-fish that scuds to and fro to bring intelligence [...].
- 1638, Thomas Herbert, Some Yeares Travels, I:
- (zoology, archaic) Snails, now in genus Conus or family Conidae.
- (geometry) A parallelogram having all sides of equal length. [from 16th c.]
- The rhombus diamond, as one of the suits seen in a deck of playing cards ( or ).
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Translations
A parallelogram having all sides of equal length
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References
- “rhombus”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “rhombus”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ῥόμβος (rhómbos, “rhombus, spinning top”), from ῥέμβω (rhémbō, “I turn around”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈrom.bus/, [ˈrɔmbʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈrom.bus/, [ˈrɔmbus]
Noun
rhombus m (genitive rhombī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | rhombus | rhombī |
Genitive | rhombī | rhombōrum |
Dative | rhombō | rhombīs |
Accusative | rhombum | rhombōs |
Ablative | rhombō | rhombīs |
Vocative | rhombe | rhombī |
Descendants
Descendants of rhombus in other languages
References
- “rhombus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “rhombus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- rhombus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- rhombus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “rhombus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “rhombus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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