δῖνος · dinos — LSJ
whirling, rotation
like δίνη, whirling, rotation, such as Anaxagoras held to be the effect of νοῦς as the regulator of the Universe, Clem.Al. Strom. 2.14 (pl.); personified, Δῖνος βασιλεύει τὸν Δίʼ ἐξεληλακώς Ar. Nu. 828: generally, ὁ τοῦ κοσκίνου δ. Democr. 164; σφενδόνης δ. Onos. 17.
2 eddy, whirlpool
eddy, whirlpool, Epicur. Ep. 2pp. 38,47U., Arist. Pr. 932a5, Plu. Pyth. 2.404f; δ. ἀπὸ τοῦ παντὸς ἀποκριθῆναι παντοίων εἰδέων Democr. 167: metaph., δῖνοι ἡδυλόγου σοφίης cj. in Timo 67.4.
3 dance
a dance, Hdn.Gr. 2.492, Eust. 1166.10.
II vertigo
vertigo, Hp. VC 11.
III round threshing-floor
round threshing-floor, Telesill. 7, cj. in X. Oec. 18.5.
IV round goblet
round goblet, Ar. V. 618, IG ΙΙ(2).110 (Delos, iii B. C.), al. (cf. δεῖνος, which is freq. v.l. and is found in puns with δεινός, Apolloph. 1, Arched. 1.4).