swing round
swing round, Phld. D. 3.10 (Pass.).
2 swing round and throw away, to make ducks and drakes’ of money
metaph., swing round and throw away, ῥ. τὰ τιμιώτατα ‘to make ducks and drakes’ of money, Ael. Fr. 146.
The corpus record
ῥυμβονάω
rumbonao
swing round
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What it meant — LSJ
Where it came from
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