wave about, he weighs
wave about, Anacr. 78; ἐταντάλιζεν· ἔτρεμεν, ἐτανταλίχθη· ἐσείσθη, and τανταλίζεται· σαλεύεται, Hsch.:—prov., in Med., τὰ Ταντάλου τάλαντα τανταλίζεται he weighs in purse as much as Tantalus, v. Τάνταλος sub fin., Zen. 6.4.
The corpus record
ταντᾰλ-ίζω
tantalizo
wave about
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What it meant — LSJ
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