1. δίνη · dinē — Beekes
whirlpool, eddy
The corpus record
δίνη
dine
whirlpool, eddy
Figures and citations on this page are drawn from the audited corpus; none are written from memory.
Distribution
- 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.
Senses
2. δίνη · dinē — Chantraine
δῖνος, δινέω, ete
3. δίνη · dinē — Frisk
ds.
4. δίνη · dinē — Frisk
Neben δινέω, δινῆσαι auch Aorist- und Ptz-Formen δίνασεν, ἐδινάϑην, ὠκυδινάτοις
5. δίν-η · din-ē — LSJ
whirlpool, eddy
Attestations
- δίνας · dinas Iliad 21.11
- δίνῃσι · dinēisi Iliad 21.132
- δίνης · dinēs Iliad 21.213
- δίνῃσι · dinēisi Iliad 21.239
- δίνης · dinēs Iliad 21.246
- δίνας · dinas Iliad 21.353
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Deep etymology
Authority pointers, pending review
These are the etymology authorities that treat this word, with their exact locators. They are bibliographic pointers, not a published word history: no root, reconstruction, derivation, cognate, or origin is asserted here.
- scan pp. 383-384; entry #1726 Review: Under source audit
- scan p. 299; entry #2049 Review: Under source audit
- scan pp. 427-428; entry #1574 Review: Under source audit
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