The corpus record

ῥεμβ-ώδης

rembodes

roving, rolling

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What it meant — LSJ

roving, rolling

roving, rolling, βλέμμα Plu. Aud. 2.45d.

2 desultory, remiss, idle, irregular

metaph., desultory, remiss, πολιορκία Plb. 16.39.2; διατριβαί idle, Plu. Dio 7; τὸ ῥ. (ῥομβ- codd.) καὶ ἀκόλαστον Id. QConv. 2.715c; ῥ. πυρετοί irregular, opp. περιοδικοί, Chrysipp. ap. Gal. 5.433 (ῥομβ- codd.). Adv. -δῶς Hsch. s.v. σκαλαπάζειν (-αδῶς cod.).

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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