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1 ῥόμβος
A bull-roarer, instrument whirled round on the end of a string, used in the mysteries, , cf. Archyt.1, Theoc.2.30; as a boy's toy, AP6.309 (Leon.), Orph.Fr.31.29, Fr.34, M.Ant.5.36; defined as ξυλήφιον, οὗ ἐξῆπται τὸ σπαρτίον, καὶ ἐν ταῖς τελεταῖς ἐδονεῖτο, ἵνα ῥοιζῇ, Sch.Clem.Al.Protr.2.17.2, cf. Hsch.2 magic wheel, spun alternately in each direction by the torsion of two cords passed through two holes in it, used as a love-charm, Luc.DMeretr. 4.5; called ἴυγξ in Theoc.2.17, AP5.204; Lat. rhombus, Prop.2.28.35, Ov.Am.1.8.7.b τροχίσκος ὃν στρέφουσιν ἱμᾶσι τύπτοντες, καὶ οὕτως κτύπον ἀποτελοῦσι Sch.A.R.1.1134; ὦ ῥύμβε μαστίξας ἐμέ (dub. sens.) Eup.72.3 tambourine or kettle-drum, used in the worship of Rhea and of Dionysus, Ar.Fr. 303, Diog.Ath.1.3, A.R. 1.1139, AP6.165 (Phal.);ῥύμβος ξύλινος ἐπίχρυσος IG22.1456.49
, cf. 1517.207.4 membrum virile, PLond.1821.164.II whirling motion, as of a bull-roarer, ἀκόντων ἱέντα ῥόμβον shooting forth whirling darts, Pi.O.13.94; αἰετοῦ ῥ. the eagle's swoop, Id.I.4(3).47(65);ῥ. τυπάνων Id.Dith.Oxy. 1604
Fr. 1 ii 9;ἐν αἰθερίῳ ῥύμβῳ Critias 19.2D.
; ῥόμβου ἀπειρεσίου δινεύμασιν οἶμον ἐλαύνων, of the Sun, Orph.H. 8.7: metaph.,Νέμεσις καὶ ῥ. ἀλάστωρ IG14.1389i
i34 (perh. an Adj., = ῥεμβός).—The Gramm. hold ῥύμβος to be [dialect] Att., ῥόμβος Hellenic, Sch.Theoc.2.30, Ath.7.330b.B rhombus, lozenge, i.e. a four-sided figure with all the sides, but only the opposite angles, equal, Arist.Mech. 854b16, Euc.1 Def. 22.b ῥ. στερεός, a figure composed of two cones on opposite sides of the same base, Archim.Sph.Cyl.1.26, al.2 a species of fish, of which turbot and brill are varieties, so called from its rhomblike shape, Nausicr.2.13; Ῥωμαῖοι καλοῦσι τὴν ψῆτταν ῥ. Ath.7.330b, cf. ψῆττα. -
2 τορνόομαι
A mark off with the τόρνος, make round, τορνώσαντο σῆμα they rounded off the barrow, Il.23.255; ὅσσον τίς τ' ἔδαφος νηὸς τορνώσεται large as the bottom of a ship which a man shall round off, with allusion to the round shape of a merchant vessel (cf. γαῦλος), opp. to a ship of war, Od.5.249, cf. D.P.1170, Tryph.64.—[voice] Act. τορνῶσαι· περιγράψαι, κυκλῶσαι, Hsch., who also has [voice] Pass. τορνοῦμαι δὲ πρὸς μέτρον· ἀντὶ τοῦ περιγράφομαι (perh. a Trag. fragment).Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > τορνόομαι
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3 κῶνος
κῶνος, ου,1 masc., the fruit of the πεύκη, pine-cone, = στρόβιλος, Ps.-Hdt.Vit.Hom.20, Thphr.HP3.9.5, Theoc.5.49, Dsc.1.69, etc.; used in Orphic rites, Orph.Fr.31.29.2 edible seed of the πίτυς, Mnesith. ap. Ath.2.57b; πιτύϊνοι κ. Alex.Mynd.ibid., cf. IG22.1013.19, OGI629.163 (Palmyra, ii A.D.).3 fem., pine tree, Pl. Epigr.25 (prob.), Plu.2.640c.II from like ness of shape,1 cone, Democr.155, Arist.Mete. 362b2, etc.; γραμμαὶ κατὰ κῶνον ἐκπίπτουσαι so as to form a cone, ib. 375b22, cf. 345b6; ὀρθογωνίου, ὀξυγωνίου, ἀμβλυγωνίου κώνου τομά, names for parabola, ellipse, and hyperbola, Archim.Con.Sph.Praef.b ὁ κ. τῆς γῆς conical shadow of the earth, Simp.in de An.133.5, cf. Phlp.in de An.348.27;τῆς νυκτὸς ὁ κ. εἰς ὀξὺ λήγει Dam.Pr. 213
.c ὁ τῆς ὄψεως κ. cone of vision, Gal.7.95, cf. Phlp.in de An.333.27 (pl.).3 = στρόβιλος, spinning top, Hsch.4 iron pole round which grain is piled in conical shape, PGrenf.2.17.3 (ii B.C.), Gal.19.76.5 στέφανος χρυσοῦς ἐπὶ κώνου δάφνης dub. sens. in Inscr.Délos 442 B56 (ii B.C.).III as place-name. πρὸς τῷ ἀνδροφόνῳ κώνῳ dub. sens. in IG3.61 A ii 15 (ii A.D.). -
4 σκυτάλη
A staff, cudgel, club, D.S.3.8; σ. ἀγριέλαιος, of Heracles' club, AP9.237 (Eryc.); cf. σκύταλον:—Special usages:1 at Sparta, staff or baton, used as a cypher for writing dispatches, a strip of leather being rolled slantwise round it, on which the dispatches were written lengthwise, so that when unrolled they were unintelligible: commanders abroad had a staff of like thickness, round which they rolled these strips, and so were able to read the dispatches:—hence σκυτάλη came to mean a Spartan dispatch, Th.1.131, X.HG3.3.8, Ar.Lys. 991, Plu.Lys.19, Gell.17.9.15; and, generally, dispatch, message, as Pi. calls the bearer of his odeσκυτάλα Μοισᾶν O.6.91
, where the Sch. quotes ἀχνυμένη σκυτάλη (dub. sens.) from Archil. (Fr.89.2); ἡ σκυτάλης περιτροπή, of labour in vain (cf. ὕπερος), Pl.Tht. 209d.3 strickle for levelling grain piled up in a measure,σ. δικαία PTeb.823.15
, PAmh.2.43.10 (both ii B.C.), cf. Poll.4.170.5 strip or rod of metal or ivory,κασσιτέρου Inscr.Délos 442
B 170 (ii B.C.); ἐλέφαντος ibid.; cf. Hld.9.15.7 handle or lever in a machine, Orib.49.3.3; handspike for turning a wheel, Ph.Bel.68.6, 85.2, Hero Bel.86.12 (pl.).III cylinder or roller wherewith weights are moved, Arist.Mech. 852a16, cf. CPHerm. 95.16 (iii A.D.).IV a serpent, of uniform roundness and thickness, Nic.Th. 384, Sor. ap. Philum.Ven.27.3 (for Plu.Crass.32 v. Σκύλλα).V finger-bone, phalanx, Paul.Aeg.6.43, Tz.H.9.126.Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > σκυτάλη
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5 ἕλιξ
A twisted, curved: in Hom. and Hes., as in S.Aj. 374 (lyr.), Theoc.25.127, epith. of oxen, commonly understood of their twisted, crumpled horns, cf.ἑλικτός 1
; also expld. of the movement of their bodies as they walk, rolling: freq. coupled with εἰλίπους, cf. Il.12.293 and Sch. ad loc., etc.; ἕλιξ abs.,= βοῦς, E.Ba. 1170 (lyr.): later of various objects,ποταμός Pi.
ap. Sch.Il.Oxy.221 ix 15; ἕλικα ἀνὰ χλόαν on the tangled grass, E.Hel. 180 (lyr., cf. sq. 111);δρόμος Nonn.D.2.263
;σειρή Tryph.322
.------------------------------------A anything which assumes a spiral shape: once in Hom., γναμπτάς θ' ἕλικας, of armlets or ear-rings, Il.18.401 (cf. ἑλικτήρ), cf. h.Ven.87, Arist.Mir. 840b20:—afterwards in various relations:II whirl, convolution, ἕλικες στεροπῆς flashes of forked lightning, A.Pr. 1083 (anap.); of circular or spiral motion,αἱ κινήσεις καὶ ἕλικες τοῦ οὐρανοῦ Arist.Metaph. 998a5
;ἕλικα ἐκτυλίσσειν Ti.Locr.97c
; wreath of smoke, A.R.1.438.III tendril of the vine, Thphr.CP2.18.2;βοσκὰς εὐφύλλων ἑλίκων E.Hel. 1331
(lyr.); βότρυος ἕλικα παυσίπονον the clustering grape, Ar.Ra. 1321 (lyr.).IV convolution of a spiral shell (cf.ἑλίκη 11
), Arist.HA 547b11: pl., convolutions of the bowels, Id.PA 675b24: sg., colon, ib. 675b20; also of the ear, Id.de An. 420a13, Ruf. Onom.44.V spiral running round a staff, Ael.VH9.11, Ath. 12.543f; on a child's ball, A.R.3.139; spiral strip folded round the scytale, Plu.Lys.19.2 Geom., spiral, Epicur.Ep.2p.40U., Hermesian. 7.86; περὶ ἑλίκων, title of work by Archim.; also,= κύκλος, Hsch.b of planets' orbit, Eudox. Ars5.3, Theo Sm.p.201 H.; but also of the sun's and moon's orbits, Eudox. Ars9.2.3 helix, screw-windlass, employed in launching ships, invented by Archimedes, Moschioap.Ath.5.207b.VI pl., involved sentences, D.H.Th.48.VII Adj. winding,ὁ ῥοῦς φέρεται ἕλικα πορείαν Dion.Byz.3
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6 στρογγυλοδίνητος
στρογγυλοδίνητοςturned into a round shape: masc /fem nom sg -
7 πελανός
A any thick liquid substance, of various consistency, πελανῷ with oil, A.Ag.96 (anap.) ; ῥοφεῖν ἐρυθρὸν ἐκ μελέων π. the red blood, Id.Eu. 265 (lyr.) ; π. αἱματοσταγής a reeking mass of slaughter, Id.Pers. 816 ; π. αἱματηρός, of clotted blood, E.Alc. 851, Rh. 430 ; ἀφρώδης π., of foam at the mouth, Id.Or. 220 ; π. μελίσσης honey, Id.Fr.467.5 ; πιαλέοι π., of gum in the eyes, Heliod. ap. Stob.4.36.8.II mixture offered to the gods and the dead, of meal, honey, and oil, liquid enough to be poured,χέουσα τόνδε π. ἐν τύμβῳ πατρός A. Ch.92
;χοὴν π. τε E.Fr. 912
(anap.) ; burnt on the altar, Id. Ion 707 (lyr.), Tr. 1063 (pl., lyr.), Ar.Pl. 661, etc.;θῦσαι πελανόν A.Pers. 204
, E. Ion 226 (anap.), cf. Pl.Lg. 782c, IG12.76.36, 22.140 ;ἐς τὴν τρώγλην τὸν π. ἔνθες τοῦ δράκοντος Herod.4.91
.2 meal made from barley and wheat, of which this mixture was made,π. καλοῦμεν ἡμεῖς οἱ θεοί, ἃ καλεῖτε.. ἄλφιθ' ὑμεῖς οἱ βροτοί Sannyr.1
;μύλης πελανοί A.R.1.1077
.III round cakes offered to the gods,πέμματα ἐπιχώρια.., ἃ πελανοὺς καλοῦσιν ἔτι και ἐς ἡμᾶς Ἀθηναῖοι Paus.8.2.3
: hence (from the shape),Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > πελανός
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8 περιήγησις
II geographical description,ἡ π. τῆς χώρας Str.9.2.6
;οἱ τὰς π. καὶ τοὺς περίπλους ποιησάμενοι Ath.7.278d
;π. γῆς γράφειν Aristid. Or.26(14).102
, cf. Porph.Antr.2 (pl.); τῆς οἰκουμένης π., title of poem by Dionysius of Alexandria; π. Συρακουσῶν, title of work by Crito, Suid.Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > περιήγησις
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9 στρογγυλοδίνητος
A turned into a round shape, rounded, Archestr. Fr.4.11.Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > στρογγυλοδίνητος
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10 στροφάλιγξ
A whirl, eddy,ἐν στροφάλιγγι κονίης Il.16.775
, Od.24.39; μετὰ σ. κ. Il.21.503;ἀελλάων Opp.H.1.446
;καπνοῖο A.R.4.140
; of water in a bucket, Id.3.759; of an earthquake, Q.S.3.64: metaph.,σ. μάχης AP7.226
(= Anacr. 100); ἄοκνος ς., of existence, Dam.Pr. 148.II curve, bend, D.P. 162, 584, Q.S.8.236; orbit of a heavenly body, Arat.43, Orph.Fr. 236; of the bowels, Androm. ap. Gal.14.34.IV = στρόφιγξ, pivot, hinge, Epigr. in An.Par.4.385.Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > στροφάλιγξ
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11 σφενδόνη
σφενδόν-η, ἡ,A sling, Il.13.600 (where it is used as a bandage), Archil. 3, E.Ph. 1142, Ar.Av. 1185, Th.4.32; σφενδόνῃ οὐκ ἂν ἐφικοίμην αὐτόσ' could not reach it with a sling, Antiph.55.19.2 a sling as part of a crane used in unloading ships, SIG 241 A 46 (Delph., iv B.C.): so perh. metaph.,σφενδόνας ἀπ' εὐμέτρου A.Ag. 1010
(lyr.).1 sling for a disabled arm, Hp.Art.16 (cf. Il. l.c.); suspensory abdominal bandage, Hp.Mul.2.144, Sor.Fasc.48.3 hoop of a ring in which the stone was set as in a sling, esp. the outer or broader part round the stone, collet, E.Hipp. 862, Pl.R. 359e, Arist.Ph. 207a3.III stone or bullet of the sling, X.An.3.4.4, 5.2.14, etc.; τοιαύταις ς., of hailstones, Ar.Nu. 1125 (troch.).Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > σφενδόνη
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12 σφόνδυλος
σφόνδῠλ-ος, ὁ (ἡ, v. infr. 1b), [dialect] Ion. and later Greek [full] σπόνδῠλος (as in Hp. (v. infr.), Str.2.5.6, also in Pherecr.23 (codd.Clem.Al.), and some passages of Arist., asPA 654b16):—A vertebra, Ar.V. 1489(anap.), Pl.Ti. 74a;σύγκειται ἡ ῥάχις ἐκ σφονδύλων Arist.HA 516a11
, cf. PA 651b34; esp. one of the cervical vertebrae, Hp.Aph.3.26, cf. Arist. PA 686a21, 692a3: pl., backbone, spine, E.Ph. 1413 (so in sg., Pherecr.23); or neck, E.El. 841 (so in sg., LXX Le.5.8).b generally, joint, esp. in the scorpion's tail, Nic.Th. 798 (where it is fem.), 781, Hipparch.3.4.2.d a kind of mussel or oyster, Sor. 1.51, Gal.6.734;σ. θαλάσσιοι Edict.Diocl.5.10
; Lat. spondylus, Plin. HN32.60, 154.II from resemblance to vertebrae,1 one of the tambours in a column, Callix.1 ([etym.] σπ-), Milet.7.59, al. ([place name] Didyma), IG22.1668.43, 1672.310; not necessarily round, ib.11 (2). 161 A70 (Delos, iii B.C.); σ. μεγάλοι perh. drums of columns used as missiles, Ath.Mech.37.7.2 circular whorl which balances and twirls a spindle, Pl.R. 616c sq., Thphr.HP3.16.4, Plu.2.745f, Sor. 1.110, Poll.7.31, Edict.Diocl.13.5;σπόνδυλος Poll.10.125
(v.l. σφ-), Them.Or.32.356c.b the shape of that part of the terrestrial sphere which lies between the Equator and the Arctic Circle, Str.2.5.6.Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > σφόνδυλος
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13 ἅλως
Aἅλω Hp.VM13
, X.Oec.18.8,ἅλωος AP6.258
([place name] Adaeus); dat. ; acc. , IG2.834b ii 21, ,ἅλωα Call.Fr.51
: pl., nom. ,ἅλωες Ach.Tat.Intr.Arat.32
,ἅλως D.42.6
, Thphr.Sign.22; acc. , etc.: (v. sub ἀλέω A):—threshing-floor, Hp. l. c., X.l.c., etc.; grain on the floor, PRyl.122.10 (ii A.D.):—hence, from round shape,II disk of sun or moon, or shield, A. l.c.: later, halo, Arist.Mete. 344b2, Epicur.Ep.2p.51U., Gal.5.640, etc.3 bird's nest, Ael.NA 3.16.4 ciliary body of the eye, Poll.2.71.
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