ῥέμβω

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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.)'.)