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|Definition=mostly in pres. and impf. (iter. <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> δινεύεσκον <span class="bibl">Il.24.12</span>), but aor. part. δινεύσας <span class="bibl">A.R.3.310</span>:—also δῑνέω, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>462</span>: impf. [[ἐδίνεον]], Ep. δίνεον <span class="bibl">Il.18.494</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.9.384</span>: aor. ἐδίνησα <span class="bibl">Il.23.840</span>, <span class="bibl">A. <span class="title">Th.</span>490</span>: Aeol. δίννημι Sapph.1.11:—Med. (v. <b class="b3">περιδ-</b>):—Pass., δινεύομαι <span class="bibl">Arat.455</span>, <span class="bibl">Opp.<span class="title">H.</span>1.376</span>: aor. ἐδινήθην <span class="bibl">Od.22.85</span> (as v. l.), <span class="bibl">E. <span class="title">Rh.</span>353</span> (lyr.): pf. [[δεδίνημαι]] (ἀμφι-) <span class="bibl">Il.23.562</span>: also impf. or plpf. [[δίνηντο]] from [[δίνημι]], <span class="bibl">B.16.107</span>.—Poet. Verbs, also in X. and Pl. and later Prose (v. infr.): (δίνη):—[[whirl]], [[spin round]], <b class="b3">ἧκε δὲ δινήσας [τὸν σόλον</b>] [[after whirling]] it, <span class="bibl">Il.23.840</span>; <b class="b3">ζεύγεα δινεύοντες</b> [[driving]] them [[round a circle]], <span class="bibl">18.543</span>; <b class="b3">μοχλὸν ἑλόντες δινέομεν</b> [[twirled]] the stake [[round]] in the Cyclops' eye, <span class="bibl">Od.9.388</span>; δ. πτέρα Sapph.1.11; <b class="b3">ἵππους, [ἀσπίδα</b>], <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>462</span>, <span class="bibl">490</span>; ὄμμα <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Or.</span>1459</span> (lyr.):—Pass., [[whirl]], [[roll about]], ὄσσε… πάντοσε δινείσθην <span class="bibl">Il.17.680</span>; <b class="b3">κάππεσε δινηθείς</b> v.l. for [[ἰδνωθείς]], <span class="bibl">Od.22.85</span>; of a river, [[eddy]], <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Rh.</span>353</span> (lyr.); [[whirl round]] in the dance, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>6.1.9</span>, prob. for <b class="b3">δον-</b> in <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Smp.</span>2.8</span>; of tumblers, ἐπὶ τροχοῦ δινεῖσθαι <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Euthd.</span>294e</span>; [[writhe]], ἐκ τῶν ἀλγηδόνων <span class="bibl">J.<span class="title">BJ</span>6.2.10</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> Pass., [[roam about]], <b class="b3">ἐδινεόμεσθα κατ' αὐτήν [νῆσον</b>] <span class="bibl">Od.9.153</span>; βροτῶν ἐπὶ ἄστεα δινηθῆναι <span class="bibl">16.63</span>; κατ' ἀμευσίπορον τρίοδον ἐδινήθην <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>11.38</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b3">ἀμφὶ χαίταις δίνηντο ταινίαι</b> were [[twined]], <span class="bibl">B. 16.107</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> intr. in Act., [[whirl about]], ὀρχηστῆρες ἐδίνεον <span class="bibl">Il.18.494</span>; of tumblers, <b class="b3">ἐδίνευον κατὰ μέσσους</b> ib.<span class="bibl">606</span>; of a warrior, ὅστις… δινεύοι κατὰ μέσσον <span class="bibl">4.541</span>; <b class="b3">δινεύουσαν ὑπὸ πτέρυγος βάλε</b> [[as it was circling in its flight]], of a pigeon, <span class="bibl">23.875</span>: generally, δ. ἐν ἅρμασιν <span class="bibl">A.R.3.310</span>; [[roam about]], δινεύεσκ' ἀλύων παρὰ θῖν' ἁλός <span class="bibl">Il.24.12</span>; δινεύων κατὰ οἶκον <span class="bibl">Od.19.67</span>; ἀνὰ νῆσον ἐδίνεον <span class="bibl">A.R.2.695</span>; [[δινεύων]] [[βλεφάροις]] look wildly about, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Or.</span>837</span> (dub.).</span>