ῥέμβω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=<span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[turn round and round]], Act. <b class="b3">ῥέμβει· πλανᾶται</b>, Gal.19.134:—Pass., aor. inf. ῥεμφθῆναι Hsch. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> Med. ῥέμβομαι, [[roam]], [[rove]], [[roll about]], <span class="bibl">Men.481.15</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PCair.Zen.</span>447.10</span> (iii B.C.), <span class="bibl">Ptol.Euerg.3J.</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">POxy.</span>1581.6</span>(ii A.D.), <span class="bibl">D.Chr.62.7</span>; <b class="b3">ἔξω ῥ</b>. <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">Pr.</span>7.12</span>; ἀπὸ τοῦ στρατοπέδου <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Fab.</span>20</span>; ἐν Πειραιεῖ <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Dem.</span> 6</span>; εἰν ἁλί <span class="title">AP</span>9.415 (Antiphil.); [[ὄμμασι]] ib.<span class="bibl">5.288</span> (Agath.): metaph., to [[be unsteady]], [[act at random]], ἐν τοῖς πράγμασι <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Pomp.</span>20</span>; ἐν εἰδώλοις καὶ σκιαῖς Id.2.80f; of food eaten without an appetite, ib. 664a; <b class="b3">ῥέμβεται ἡ λέξις</b> [[is vague]], <span class="bibl">S.E.<span class="title">M.</span>2.52</span>. (Cf. Lith. <b class="b2">reñgtis</b> 'bend, curve (intr.)'.)</span>