A.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 Δί᾽ 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.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.VC11.
III. round threshing-floor, Telesill.7, cj. in X.Oec.18.5.