spun round like a ῥόμβος, whirled about
spun round like a ῥόμβος, whirled about, ῥομβητοὺς δονέων πλοκάμους AP 6.219 (Antip.), cf. 218 (Alc.).
The corpus record
ῥομβ-ητός
rombetos
spun round like a ῥόμβος, whirled about
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What it meant — LSJ
Where it came from
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