ῥέμβω

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κρεῖττον εἶναι φιλοσόφως ἀποθανεῖν ἢ ἀφιλοσόφως ζῆν → that it is better to die in manner befitting a philosopher than to live unphilosophically

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Full diacritics: ῥέμβω Medium diacritics: ῥέμβω Low diacritics: ρέμβω Capitals: ΡΕΜΒΩ
Transliteration A: rhémbō Transliteration B: rhembō Transliteration C: remvo Beta Code: r(e/mbw

English (LSJ)

   A turn round and round, Act. ῥέμβει· πλανᾶται, Gal.19.134:—Pass., aor. inf. ῥεμφθῆναι Hsch.    II Med. ῥέμβομαι, roam, rove, roll about, Men.481.15, PCair.Zen.447.10 (iii B.C.), Ptol.Euerg.3J., POxy.1581.6(ii A.D.), D.Chr.62.7; ἔξω ῥ. LXX Pr.7.12; ἀπὸ τοῦ στρατοπέδου Plu.Fab.20; ἐν Πειραιεῖ Id.Dem. 6; εἰν ἁλί AP9.415 (Antiphil.); ὄμμασι ib.5.288 (Agath.): metaph., to be unsteady, act at random, ἐν τοῖς πράγμασι Plu.Pomp.20; ἐν εἰδώλοις καὶ σκιαῖς Id.2.80f; of food eaten without an appetite, ib. 664a; ῥέμβεται ἡ λέξις is vague, S.E.M.2.52. (Cf. Lith. reñgtis 'bend, curve (intr.)'.)

German (Pape)

[Seite 837] im Kreise herum bewegen, drehen, wälzen, treiben, im act. nur bei Hesych. – Pass. sich herumdrehen, herumschweifen, πλανᾶσθαι, VLL., ἀπὸ γῆς εἰν ἁλί, vom Schiffe, Antiphil. 1 (IX, 415); κρυφίοις ὄμμασι ῥεμβομένη, Agath. 7 (V, 289). 23 (V, 299); ῥέμβεται ἡ λέξις, schwankt, S. Emp. adv. rhett. 52; ῥεμβόμενος ἀπ ὸ τοῦ στρατοπέδου καὶ τὴν τάξιν ἐκλείπων, Plut. Fab. 20, der de curios. 12 sagt δεῖ μὴ καθάπερ θεράπαιναν ἀνάγωγον ἔξω ῥέμβεσθαι τὴν αἴσθησιν; vgl. Pomp. 20, wo es schon in der übertragenen Bdtg »planlos handeln« steht, ῥεμβόμενον ἐν τοῖς πράγμασι καταμαθὼν αὐτόν; u. soa. Sp.; bei Plut. Symp. 4, 1, 3 g. E. mit ἀνόρεκτον vrbdn, von Speisen.