δι_νεύω and δι_νέω (δι?νη),
ipf. ἐδι?νευον, (ἐ）δι?νεον, iter. δι_νεύεσκε, aor. part. δι_νήσα_ς, pass. ipf. ἐδι_νεόμεσθα, aor. δι_νηθήτην,
-θῆναι, -θείς: turn
round and round, whirl; of a quoit, ἧκε δὲ δι_νήσα_ς, sent it
‘whirling,’ i. e. making it whirl, Il. 23.840; of
‘twirling’ the heated stake thrust into the eye of
the Cyclops, ἐν ὀφθαλμῷ δι_νέομεν,
Od. 9.388; intrans. and pass., of
dancers and tumblers, Il. 18.494,
Od. 4.19; birds circling in the air,
Il. 23.875; eyes rolling, Il. 19.680; and persons roaming about,
Od. 9.153, Od. 18.63.
Georg Autenrieth. A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges. New York. Harper and Brothers. 1891.
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