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|Definition=ὁ, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> like [[δίνη]], <b class="b2">whirling, rotation</b>, such as Anaxagoras held to be the effect of <b class="b3">νοῦς</b> as the regulator of the Universe, <span class="bibl">Clem.Al.<span class="title">Strom.</span>2.14</span> (pl.); personified, Δῖνος βασιλεύει τὸν Δί' ἐξεληλακώς <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>828</span>: generally, ὁ τοῦ κοσκίνου δ. <span class="bibl">Democr.164</span>; σφενδόνης δ. <span class="bibl">Onos.17</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">eddy, whirlpool</b>, <span class="bibl">Epicur.<span class="title">Ep.</span>2pp.38,47</span>U., <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pr.</span>932a5</span>, Plu.2.404f; δ. ἀπὸ τοῦ παντὸς ἀποκριθῆναι παντοίων εἰδέων <span class="bibl">Democr.167</span>: metaph., <b class="b3">δῖνοι ἡδυλόγου σοφίης</b> cj. in Timo <span class="bibl">67.4</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> a <b class="b2">dance</b>, Hdn.Gr.<span class="bibl">2.492</span>, <span class="bibl">Eust.1166.10</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">vertigo</b>, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">VC</span>11</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> <b class="b2">round threshing-floor</b>, <span class="bibl">Telesill.7</span>, cj. in <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Oec.</span>18.5</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">IV</span> <b class="b2">round goblet</b>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>618</span>, <span class="title">IG</span>11(2).110 (Delos, iii B. C.), al. (cf. [[δεῖνος]], which is freq. v. l. and is found in puns with <b class="b3">δεινός</b>, <span class="bibl">Apolloph.1</span>, <span class="bibl">Arched.1.4</span>).</span>