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rumbula

RUMBULA
. Cæsarius Heisterbacensis lib. 7. cap. 45 : Ipsam iconam (Deiparæ) respiciens.... indignans ait, Ut quid hic stat vetus hæc Rumbula ? Et mox : Quia Domina illa vocavit me veterem Rumbulam. Qua voce designari putant vetulam, putidam aut infamem fœminam. Carolus Macer in additionibus ad Hierolexicon Dominici fratris Veneficam intelligit, quod veneficæ mulieres rhombis uterentur ad deducendam Lunam tortis filis confectis ; unde Ovidius lib. 1. Amorum Eleg. 8 : Quid torto concita Rhombo Licia ? Martialis vero lib. 9 : Quæ nunc Thessalico Lunam deducere Rhombo. Et Propertius lib. 9 : Deficiunt magico forti sub carmine Rhombi. Vel Rumbulam intelligit Mulierem, quia rhombum tractat, machinulam nempe, quam vertendo feminæ tractant et lanificium nent. Ideo Rumbulo Melitensibus Turbo dicitur, quia filo involvitur ad instar rhombi textrini ; unde Rumbulos etiam vocant homunciones puerosve, cum instar turbinum quasi verticose sese agitant præjactantia et præsumtione.

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