What does rhomboīdēs mean in Latin?

rhomboīdēs, a noun, means “a rhomboid (a four-sided figure, whose opposite sides and angles are equal)”.

What is the genitive of rhomboīdēs?

The genitive singular is rhomboīdis. rhomboīdēs is masculine, third declension.

In classical Latin, [rʰɔm.boˈiː.deːs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [rom.boˈiː.des].

noun · masculinethird declension

rhomboīdēs m or f (genitive rhomboīdis)

Classical[rʰɔm.boˈiː.deːs]Ecclesiastical[rom.boˈiː.des]

a rhomboid (a four-sided figure, whose opposite sides and angles are equal)
Quarta quæ nec æquilatera nec rectangula eſt, ſed tantum adverſa latera & oppoſitos angulos æquales habet, & appellatur Rhomboides.post AD 104, Balbus (author), Guilelmus Goesius (editor), Balbi Liber ad Celsum in Rei agrariæ auctores legeſque variæ (1674), 36

rhombŏīdes, is, n., = ῥομβοειδές, in mathematics,

I. a four-sided figure, whose opposite sides and angles are equal, a rhomboid, Front. Expos. Form. p. 36 Goes.; Mart. Cap. 6, § 712.

From the Ancient Greek ῥομβοειδής (rhomboeidḗs, “rhombus-shaped”, “rhomboidal”).

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