δινεύω
διν-εύω, mostly in pres. and impf. (iter.
A). δινεύεσκον Il. 24.12 ), but aor. part.
δινεύσας A.R. 3.310 :—also
δῑνέω,
A. Th. 462 : impf.
ἐδίνεον, Ep.
δίνεον Il. 18.494 ,
Od. 9.384 : aor.
ἐδίνησα Il. 23.840 ,
A. Th. 490 : Aeol.
δίννημι Sapph. 1.11 :— Med. (v.
περιδ-):— Pass.,
δινεύομαι Arat. 455 ,
Opp. H. 1.376 : aor.
ἐδινήθην Od. 22.85 (as v. l.),
E. Rh. 353 (lyr.): pf.
δεδίνημαι (
ἀμφι-)
Il. 23.562 : also impf. or plpf.
δίνηντο from
δίνημι, B. 16.107 .—Poet. Verbs, also in
X. and
Pl. and later Prose (v. infr.):(
δίνη):—
whirl, spin round, ἧκε δὲ δινήσας [τὸν σόλον]
after whirling it,
Il. 23.840 ;
ζεύγεα δινεύοντες driving them
round a circle, 18.543 ;
μοχλὸν ἑλόντες δινέομεν twirled the stake
round in the Cyclops' eye,
Od. 9.388 ;
δ. πτέρα Sapph. 1.11 ;
ἵππους, [ἀσπίδα],
A. Th. 462 ,
490 ;
ὄμμα E. Or. 1459 (lyr.):— Pass.,
whirl, roll about, ὄσσε .. πάντοσε δινείσθην Il. 17.680 ;
κάππεσε δινηθείς v.l. for
ἰδνωθείς ,
Od. 22.85 ; of a river,
eddy, E. Rh. 353 (lyr.);
whirl round in the dance,
X. An. 6.1.9 , prob. for
δον- in
Id. Smp. 2.8 ; of tumblers,
ἐπὶ τροχοῦ δινεῖσθαι Pl. Euthd. 294e ;
writhe, ἐκ τῶν ἀλγηδόνων J. BJ 6.2.10 .
2). Pass.,
roam about, ἐδινεόμεσθα κατ’ αὐτήν [νῆσον]
Od. 9.153 ;
βροτῶν ἐπὶ ἄστεα δινηθῆναι 16.63 ;
κατ’ ἀμευσίπορον τρίοδον ἐδινήθην Pi. P. 11.38 .
3). ἀμφὶ χαίταις δίνηντο ταινίαι were
twined, B. 16.107 .
II). intr. in Act.,
whirl about, ὀρχηστῆρες ἐδίνεον Il. 18.494 ; of tumblers,
ἐδίνευον κατὰ μέσσους ib.
606 ; of a warrior,
ὅστις .. δινεύοι κατὰ μέσσον 4.541 ;
δινεύουσαν ὑπὸ πτέρυγος βάλε as it was circling in its flight, of a pigeon,
23.875 : generally,
δ. ἐν ἅρμασιν A.R. 3.310 ;
roam about, δινεύεσκ’ ἀλύων παρὰ θῖν’ ἁλός Il. 24.12 ;
δινεύων κατὰ οἶκον Od. 19.67 ;
ἀνὰ νῆσον ἐδίνεον A.R. 2.695 ;
δινεύων βλεφάροις look wildly about,
E. Or. 837 (dub.).
ShortDef
to whirl
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">διν-εύω</span>, mostly in pres. and impf. (iter. <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="quote greek">δινεύεσκον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:24:12" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:24.12/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 24.12 </a> ), but aor. part. <span class="quote greek">δινεύσας</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0001.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:310" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0001.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3.310/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.R.</span> 3.310 </a> :—also <span class="orth greek">δῑνέω</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg004.perseus-grc1:462" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg004.perseus-grc1:462/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Th.</span> 462 </a>: impf. <span class="foreign greek">ἐδίνεον,</span> Ep. <span class="quote greek">δίνεον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:18:494" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:18.494/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 18.494 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:9:384" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:9.384/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 9.384 </a>: aor. <span class="quote greek">ἐδίνησα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:23:840" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:23.840/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 23.840 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg004.perseus-grc1:490" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg004.perseus-grc1:490/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Th.</span> 490 </a>: Aeol. <span class="orth greek">δίννημι</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Sapph.</span> 1.11 </span>:— Med. (v. <span class="foreign greek">περιδ-</span>):— Pass., <span class="quote greek">δινεύομαι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0653.tlg001.perseus-grc1:455" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0653.tlg001.perseus-grc1:455/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arat.</span> 455 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0023.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:376" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0023.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.376/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Opp.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">H.</span> 1.376 </a>: aor. <span class="quote greek">ἐδινήθην</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:22:85" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:22.85/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 22.85 </a> (as v. l.), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg019.perseus-grc1:353" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg019.perseus-grc1:353/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Rh.</span> 353 </a> (lyr.): pf. <span class="foreign greek">δεδίνημαι </span>(<span class="etym greek">ἀμφι-</span>) <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:23:562" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:23.562/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 23.562 </a>: also impf. or plpf. <span class="foreign greek">δίνηντο</span> from <span class="foreign greek">δίνημι,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0199.tlg002:16:107" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0199.tlg002:16.107/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">B.</span> 16.107 </a>.—Poet. Verbs, also in <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> </span> and <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> </span> and later Prose (v. infr.):(<span class="etym greek">δίνη</span>):—<span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">whirl, spin round,</span> <span class="foreign greek">ἧκε δὲ δινήσας [τὸν σόλον</span>] <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">after whirling</span> it, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:23:840" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:23.840/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 23.840 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ζεύγεα δινεύοντες</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">driving</span> them <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">round a circle,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:18:543" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:18.543/canonical-url/"> 18.543 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">μοχλὸν ἑλόντες δινέομεν</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">twirled</span> the stake <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">round</span> in the Cyclops\' eye, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:9:388" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:9.388/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 9.388 </a>; <span class="quote greek">δ. πτέρα</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Sapph.</span> 1.11 </span> ; <span class="foreign greek">ἵππους, [ἀσπίδα</span>], <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg004.perseus-grc1:462" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg004.perseus-grc1:462/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Th.</span> 462 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg004.perseus-grc1:490" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg004.perseus-grc1:490/canonical-url/"> 490 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ὄμμα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg016.perseus-grc1:1459" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg016.perseus-grc1:1459/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Or.</span> 1459 </a> (lyr.):— Pass., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">whirl, roll about,</span> <span class="quote greek">ὄσσε .. πάντοσε δινείσθην</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:17:680" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:17.680/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 17.680 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">κάππεσε δινηθείς</span> v.l. for <span class="ref greek">ἰδνωθείς</span> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:22:85" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:22.85/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 22.85 </a>; of a river, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">eddy,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg019.perseus-grc1:353" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg019.perseus-grc1:353/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Rh.</span> 353 </a> (lyr.); <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">whirl round</span> in the dance, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006.perseus-grc1:6:1:9" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006.perseus-grc1:6:1:9/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">An.</span> 6.1.9 </a>, prob. for <span class="foreign greek">δον-</span> in <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg004.perseus-grc1:2:8" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg004.perseus-grc1:2.8/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Smp.</span> 2.8 </a>; of tumblers, <span class="quote greek">ἐπὶ τροχοῦ δινεῖσθαι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg021:294e" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg021:294e/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Euthd.</span> 294e </a> ; <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">writhe,</span> <span class="quote greek">ἐκ τῶν ἀλγηδόνων</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0526.tlg004.perseus-grc1:6:2:10" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0526.tlg004.perseus-grc1:6:2:10/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">J.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">BJ</span> 6.2.10 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> Pass., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">roam about,</span> <span class="foreign greek">ἐδινεόμεσθα κατ’ αὐτήν [νῆσον</span>] <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:9:153" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:9.153/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 9.153 </a>; <span class="quote greek">βροτῶν ἐπὶ ἄστεα δινηθῆναι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:16:63" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:16.63/canonical-url/"> 16.63 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">κατ’ ἀμευσίπορον τρίοδον ἐδινήθην</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:11:38" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:11.38/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">P.</span> 11.38 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> <span class="foreign greek">ἀμφὶ χαίταις δίνηντο ταινίαι</span> were <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">twined,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0199.tlg002:16:107" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0199.tlg002:16.107/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">B.</span> 16.107 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> intr. in Act., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">whirl about,</span> <span class="quote greek">ὀρχηστῆρες ἐδίνεον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:18:494" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:18.494/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 18.494 </a> ; of tumblers, <span class="foreign greek">ἐδίνευον κατὰ μέσσους</span> ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:606" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:606/canonical-url/"> 606 </a>; of a warrior, <span class="quote greek">ὅστις .. δινεύοι κατὰ μέσσον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:541" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:4.541/canonical-url/"> 4.541 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">δινεύουσαν ὑπὸ πτέρυγος βάλε</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">as it was circling in its flight,</span> of a pigeon, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:23:875" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:23.875/canonical-url/"> 23.875 </a>: generally, <span class="quote greek">δ. ἐν ἅρμασιν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0001.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:310" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0001.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3.310/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.R.</span> 3.310 </a> ; <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">roam about,</span> <span class="quote greek">δινεύεσκ’ ἀλύων παρὰ θῖν’ ἁλός</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:24:12" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:24.12/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 24.12 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">δινεύων κατὰ οἶκον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:19:67" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:19.67/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 19.67 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἀνὰ νῆσον ἐδίνεον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0001.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:695" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0001.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.695/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.R.</span> 2.695 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">δινεύων</span> <span class="foreign greek">βλεφάροις</span> look wildly about, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg016.perseus-grc1:837" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg016.perseus-grc1:837/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Or.</span> 837 </a> (dub.).</div> </div><br><br>'}