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===verb transitive===

[[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[νεῖν]]; see also [[weave]].

of [[destiny spinning the threads of life]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἐπικλώθειν]] ([[Plato]] and [[Euripides]], Or. 12).

[[make to revolve]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[στρέφειν]], [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[κυκλεῖν]], [[στροβεῖν]], [[verse|V.]] [[ἑλίσσειν]], [[εἱλίσσειν]] ([[once Aristophanes|Ar]].) [[δινεῖν]] (also pass. in [[Plato]] but rare [[prose|P.]]). 

===verb intransitive===

[[revolve]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[κυκλεῖσθαι]], [[στρέφεσθαι]], [[prose|P.]] [[περιστρέφεσθαι]], [[περιφέρεσθαι]], [[verse|V.]] [[ἑλίσσεσθαι]], [[εἱλίσσεσθαι]], [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[στροβεῖσθαι]].

[[spin out]]: Met., [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[μηκύνειν]], [[τείνειν]], [[ἐκτείνειν]], [[prose|P.]] [[ἀποτείνειν]], [[ἀπομηκύνειν]].
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