to be balanced, swung, hurtling
to be balanced or swung, ἐπὶ γᾷ πέσε τανταλωθείς fell hurtling to earth, S. Ant. 134 (lyr.):—the Sch. expl. by διατιναχθείς, διασεισθείς.
The corpus record
ταντᾰλ-όομαι
tantaloomai
to be balanced
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Where it lives
- Antigone 1 · 1.36/10k
What it meant — LSJ
In the wild
- τανταλωθεὶς · tantalōtheis Sophocles, Antigone 134–137
Where it came from
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