rhombus
Dictionary entries
- Entry →rhombus, rhombi:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
turbot (fish), flatfish; magician's circle;
nom. sg.
Examples
- D
Satura XI
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...eurus. at nunc diuitibus cenandi nulla uoluptas, nil rhombus, nil damma sapit, putere uidentur unguenta atque rosae, latos..." Liber XIII
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...cutem. LXXXI. Rhombi. Quamvis lata gerat patella rhombum, rhombus latior est tamen patella. LXXXII. Ostrea. Ebria Baiano veni..."- Q
Sermones II
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) from Sermones
"...quid? tunc rhombos minus aequor alebat? tutus erat rhombus tutoque ciconia nido, donec vos auctor docuit praetorius. ergo..."