ῥέμβ-ω (rembo)

What it meant — LSJ

turn round and round

turn round and round, Act. ῥέμβει· πλανᾶται, Gal. 19.134:—Pass., aor. inf. ῥεμφθῆναι Hsch.

II roam, rove, roll about, to be unsteady, act at random, is vague

Med. ῥέμβομαι, roam, rove, roll about, Men. 481.15, PCair.Zen. 447.10 (iii B.C.), Ptol.Euerg. 3J., POxy. 1581.6 (ii A.D.), D.Chr. 62.7; ἔξω ῥ. LXX Pr. 7.12; ἀπὸ τοῦ στρατοπέδου Plu. Fab. 20; ἐν Πειραιεῖ Id. Dem. 6; εἰν ἁλί AP 9.415 (Antiphil.); ὄμμασι ib. 5.288 (Agath.): metaph., to be unsteady, act at random, ἐν τοῖς πράγμασι Plu. Pomp. 20; ἐν εἰδώλοις καὶ σκιαῖς Id. Profect. 2.80f; of food eaten without an appetite, QConv. ib. 2.664a; ῥέμβεται ἡ λέξις is vague, S.E. M. 2.52. (Cf. Lith. reñgtis

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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