ῥοιβδέω
ἀμήχανον δὲ παντὸς ἀνδρὸς ἐκμαθεῖν ψυχήν τε καὶ φρόνημα καὶ γνώμην, πρὶν ἂν ἀρχαῖς τε καὶ νόμοισιν ἐντριβὴς φανῇ → hard it is to learn the mind of any mortal or the heart, 'till he be tried in chief authority | it is impossible to know fully any man's character, will, or judgment, until he has been proved by the test of rule and law-giving
English (LSJ)
A move with a whistling or rustling sound, ῥοιβδοῦσα κόλπον αἰγίδος letting the swelling aegis rustle (as she flies), A.Eu.404: intr., of wind, whistle, ῥοιβδήσας Εὖρος AP7.636 (Crin.). II suck down, of Charybdis, Od.12.106; κῦμα δ' ἐρροίβδει μέγα σύνεγγυς ἡμῶν Ezek.Exag.237, cf. Aristid.Or.46(3).38. 2 cause to gush forth, ὅταν . . κρηναῖον ἐξ ἄμμοιο-ήση γάνος Lyc.247. (In signf. 11 ῥυβδέω shd. perh. be written, cf. ἀναρροιβδέω; signf. 1 is found also in ἀπορροιβδέω, ἐπιρροιβδέω.)
German (Pape)
[Seite 847] mit Geräusch einschlürfen, von der Charybdis, Od. 12, 106; übh. = ῥοιζέω; ῥοιβδοῦσα κόλπον αἰγίδος, Aesch. Eum. 382, mit Geräusch schwingen.
