ῥομβοειδής
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ῥόμβος (rhómbos) + -ειδής (-eidḗs).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /r̥om.bo.eː.dɛ̌ːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /rom.bo.iˈde̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /rom.bo.iˈðis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /rom.bo.iˈðis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /rom.bo.iˈðis/
Adjective
ῥομβοειδής • (rhomboeidḗs) m or f (neuter ῥομβοειδές); third declension
- rhombus-shaped, rhomboidal
- 460 BCE – 370 BCE, Hippocrates, On Joints 35
- 64 BCE – 24 CE, Strabo, Geography 2.1.22
- 350 BCE – 250 BCE, Euclid, Elements 1.22
- 280 BCE – 220 BCE, Philo of Byzantium, Belopoeica 52.30
- 90 CE – 168 CE, Ptolemy, Alm. 7.5
- Hegesand. 37
- 490 CE – 560 CE, Simplicius, On Aristotle's On the Heavens 410.5
- 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Theseus 27
Declension
Third declension of ῥομβοειδής; ῥομβοειδές (contracted, Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
Nominative | ῥομβοειδής rhomboeidḗs | ῥομβοειδές rhomboeidés | ῥομβοειδεῖ rhomboeideî | ῥομβοειδεῖ rhomboeideî | ῥομβοειδεῖς rhomboeideîs | ῥομβοειδῆ rhomboeidê | ||||||||
Genitive | ῥομβοειδοῦς rhomboeidoûs | ῥομβοειδοῦς rhomboeidoûs | ῥομβοειδοῖν rhomboeidoîn | ῥομβοειδοῖν rhomboeidoîn | ῥομβοειδῶν rhomboeidôn | ῥομβοειδῶν rhomboeidôn | ||||||||
Dative | ῥομβοειδεῖ rhomboeideî | ῥομβοειδεῖ rhomboeideî | ῥομβοειδοῖν rhomboeidoîn | ῥομβοειδοῖν rhomboeidoîn | ῥομβοειδέσῐ / ῥομβοειδέσῐν rhomboeidési(n) | ῥομβοειδέσῐ / ῥομβοειδέσῐν rhomboeidési(n) | ||||||||
Accusative | ῥομβοειδῆ rhomboeidê | ῥομβοειδές rhomboeidés | ῥομβοειδεῖ rhomboeideî | ῥομβοειδεῖ rhomboeideî | ῥομβοειδεῖς rhomboeideîs | ῥομβοειδῆ rhomboeidê | ||||||||
Vocative | ῥομβοειδές rhomboeidés | ῥομβοειδές rhomboeidés | ῥομβοειδεῖ rhomboeideî | ῥομβοειδεῖ rhomboeideî | ῥομβοειδεῖς rhomboeideîs | ῥομβοειδῆ rhomboeidê | ||||||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
ῥομβοειδῶς rhomboeidôs | ῥομβοειδέστερος rhomboeidésteros | ῥομβοειδέστᾰτος rhomboeidéstatos | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- Latin: rhomboīdēs
References
- “ῥομβοειδής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ῥομβοειδής”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ῥομβοειδής in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette