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δινεύω

dineuo

whirl, spin round

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διν-εύω · din-euō — LSJ

whirl, spin round, after whirling, driving, round a circle, twirled, round, whirl, roll about, eddy, whirl round, writhe

Poet. Verbs, also in X. and Pl. and later Prose (v. infr.): (δίνη):—whirl, spin round, ἧκε δὲ δινήσας [τὸν σόλον] after whirling it, Il. 23.840; ζεύγεα δινεύοντες driving them round a circle, 18.543; μοχλὸν ἑλόντες δινέομεν twirled the stake round in the Cyclops’ eye, Od. 9.388; δ. πτέρα Sapph. 1.11; ἵππους, [ἀσπίδα], A. Th. 462, 490; ὄμμα E. Or. 1459 (lyr.):—Pass., whirl, roll about, ὄσσε . . πάντοσε δινείσθην Il. 17.680; κάππεσε δινηθείς v.l. for ἰδνωθείς, Od. 22.85; of a river, eddy, E. Rh. 3

2 roam about

Pass., roam about, ἐδινεόμεσθα κατʼ αὐτήν [νῆσον] Od. 9.153; βροτῶν ἐπὶ ἄστεα δινηθῆναι 16.63; κατʼ ἀμευσίπορον τρίοδον ἐδινήθην Pi. P. 11.38.

3 twined

ἀμφὶ χαίταις δίνηντο ταινίαι were twined, B. 16.107.

II whirl about, as it was circling in its flight, roam about

intr. in Act., whirl about, ὀρχηστῆρες ἐδίνεον Il. 18.494; of tumblers, ἐδίνευον κατὰ μέσσους ib. 606; of a warrior, ὅστις . . δινεύοι κατὰ μέσσον 4.541; δινεύουσαν ὑπὸ πτέρυγος βάλε as it was circling in its flight, of a pigeon, 23.875: generally, δ. ἐν ἅρμασιν A.R. 3.310; roam about, δινεύεσκʼ ἀλύων παρὰ θῖνʼ ἁλός Il. 24.12; δινεύων κατὰ οἶκον Od. 19.67; ἀνὰ νῆσον ἐδίνεον A.R. 2.695; δινεύων βλεφάροις look wildly about, E. Or. 837 (dub.).

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