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δῖνος

δῖνος, a whirling, rotation; eddy, vertigo, threshing floor, round goblet

δῖνος, ὁ,
  • like δίνη, whirling, rotation, such as Anaxagoras held to be the effect of νοῦς as the regulator of the Universe, Clem.Al. Strom. 2.14 (pl.); personified, Δῖνος βασιλεύει τὸν Δίʼ ἐξεληλακώς Ar. Nu. 828: generally, ὁ τοῦ κοσκίνου δ. Democr. 164; σφενδόνης δ. Onos. 17.
      • 2 eddy, whirlpool, Epicur. Ep. 2pp. 38,47U., Arist. Pr. 932a5, Plu. Pyth. 2.404f; δ. ἀπὸ τοῦ παντὸς ἀποκριθῆναι παντοίων εἰδέων Democr. 167: metaph., δῖνοι ἡδυλόγου σοφίης cj. in Timo 67.4.
      • 3 a dance, Hdn.Gr. 2.492, Eust. 1166.10.
    • II vertigo, Hp. VC 11.
    • III round threshing-floor, Telesill. 7, cj. in X. Oec. 18.5.
    • IV round goblet, Ar. V. 618, IG ΙΙ(2).110 (Delos, iii B. C.), al. (cf. δεῖνος, which is freq. v.l. and is found in puns with δεινός, Apolloph. 1, Arched. 1.4).

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