German

Noun

Rhombus m ‎(genitive Rhombus, plural Rhomben)

1. rhombus, rhomb

Synonyms

• Raute f

English

A pair of rhombi.

A rhombus (flatfish)

Noun

rhombus ‎(plural rhombi or rhombuses)

1. (zoology, now rare) Any of several flatfishes once considered part of the genus Rhombus. [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 [...].

2. (geometry) A parallelogram having all sides of equal length. [from 16th c.]

Synonyms

• (geometry): diamond (not in technical use), lozenge (if not square), rhomb

Related terms

• rhombic
• rhomboid

Translations

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ῥόμβος ‎(rhómbos, “rhombus, spinning top”), from ῥέμβω ‎(rhémbō, “I turn around”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈrom.bus/, [ˈrɔm.bʊs]

Noun

rhombus m ‎(genitive rhombī); second declension

1. rhombus (geometry)

Inflection

Second declension.

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, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “rhombus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: 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