Lexicographical Neighbors of Rhombos
Literary usage of Rhombos
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Glossary of Biological, Anatomical, and Physiological Terms by Thomas Dunman (1879)
"Rhomboid ligament (Gr. rhombos, an equilateral four-sided figure with oblique
angles; eidos, shape).—A ligament attached to the cartilage of the first rib, ..."
2. The Satires of A. Persius Flaccus by Persius, John Conington, Henry Nettleship (1893)
"... hic bona dente grandia magnanimus peragit puer, utar ego, utar, nec rhombos
ideo libertis ponere lautus, nec tenuis sollers ..."
3. Prolegomena to the Study of Greek Religion by Jane Ellen Harrison (1903)
"The Titans desiring to destroy him lured away the child by offering him toys, a
cone, a rhombos, and the golden apples of the Hes- perides, a mirror, ..."
4. Lessons on Objects: Graduated Series : Designed for Children Between the by Elizabeth Mayo (1869)
"... (rhombos), a rhomb: a surface bounded by four equal straight lines; its opposite
angles are equal, but not right angles. RHOMBOHEDRON, derived from the ..."
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