1. δίνη · dinē — Beekes
The corpus record
δίνη
dine
whirlpool, eddy
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Where it lives
- Ion 4 · 4.37/10k
- De Insomniis 1 · 4.19/10k
- Trojan Women 2 · 2.83/10k
- Orestes 2 · 2.04/10k
- Persians 1 · 1.96/10k
- Eumenides 1 · 1.91/10k
- Birds 2 · 1.88/10k
- Rhesus 1 · 1.86/10k
- Prometheus Bound 1 · 1.7/10k
- De Mundo 1 · 1.58/10k
- Job 2 · 1.5/10k
- Theogony 1 · 1.45/10k
Densest 12 of 24 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.
What it meant
2. δίνη · dinē — Chantraine
3. δίνη · dinē — Frisk
4. δίνη · dinē — Frisk
5. δίν-η · din-ē — LSJ
whirlpool, eddy, Il. 21.213, A. Eu. 559, E. Tr. 210, Pl. Cra. 439c, etc.: pl., Il. 21.353, Hes. Th. 791, Hdt. 2.28, etc.; ἐπὶ Κυανέας δ. CIG 3797 (Chalcedon): generally, of the sea, Τυρσηνὶς δ. AP 9.308 (Bianor).
of the rotating heaven, Emp. 35.4; αἰθέρος δῖναι Id. 115.11, cf. Pl. Phd. 99b, Arist. Cael. 295a13, Ph. 196a26.
whirlwind, Ar. Av. 697; δῖναι νεφέλας E. Alc. 244 (lyr.).
generally, circular motion, rotation, Ar. Av. 1198; ἀτράκτου Pl. R. 620e, cf. Epicur. Ep. 2p.40U., al.
metaph., ἀνάγκης στερραῖς δ. A. Pr. 1052 (anap.); τελεσφόροις δίναις κυκλούμενον κέαρ Id. Ag. 997 (lyr.).
In the wild
- δίναις · dinais Aeschylus, Agamemnon 995–997
- δίνᾳ · dinai Aeschylus, Eumenides 558–559
- δίνᾳ · dinai Aeschylus, Persians 576–578
- δίναις · dinais Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 1050–1052
- δίνης · dinēs Aristophanes, Birds 1 (DIORISIS sentence 877)
- δίναις · dinais Aristophanes, Birds (DIORISIS sentence 555)
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Where it came from
- Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. δίνη (scan pp. 383-384; entry #1726).
- Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. δίνη (scan p. 299; entry #2049).
- Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. δίνη (scan pp. 427-428; entry #1574).
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