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κᾰλινδ-έομαι

kalindeomai

roll about, wallow

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What it meant — LSJ

roll about, wallow, roam, to be continually busy with, pass oneʼs time in

= κυλινδέομαι (q. v.), roll about, wallow, ἀποθνῄσκοντες ἐν ταῖς ὁδοῖς ἐκαλινδοῦντο, of plaguestricken persons, Th. 2.52; of birds, κ. ἐν τῇ γῇ, κ. τοῖς πτεροῖς πρὸς τὴν κόνιν, Arist. HA 612a20, b24; < ἐν> ῥεύμασι Plu. Tim. 28; ἐπὶ ἐλαίου, as a form of exercise, Gal. 6.220, cf. 324; roam, κατὰ τὰς νάπας X. An. 5.2.31; ἐν τῇσι στοιῇσι Hdt. 3.52: metaph., ἐν θιάσοις καὶ μεθύουσιν ἀνθρώποις κ. D. 19.199: hence, to be continually busy with, pass oneʼs time in a thing, ἐν τῷ πειρᾶσθαι X. Cyr. 1.4.5 (

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