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