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Δινεύοντες · whirling around (δ 1129) · Suda

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δ1125Demetrios, Demetrius
δ1126double-pay soldier, half-file commander
δ1127in Didyma
δ1128whirlpools
δ1129whirling around
δ1130whirling
δ1131having whirled around
δ1132rotation
δ1133turned

Suda/Δ delta/δ1129

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Δινεύοντες

whirling around

Translated by Tony Natoli15 Jun 2002Vetting: high2 revisions

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Translation

[Meaning they] turning around.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Δινεύοντες· στρέφοντες.

Betacode

*dineu/ontes: stre/fontes.

Notes

From the scholia to Homer, Iliad 18.543, where the headword participle occurs (of a ploughing scene depicted on Achilles' shield).

Linked from2 entries

δ1128Δῖναιwhirlpools[Meaning] the swirlings of waters. Also [sc. attested is the genitive singular] di/nhs ["of a whirlpool"], [meaning] of the swirling of waters.
δ1130Δινήεντοςwhirling[Meaning] having eddies, [i.e.] swirlings of water generated by a rotating movement.

Neighbouring entries

δ1127Δινδύμοιςin Didyma δ1128Δῖναιwhirlpools δ1129Δινεύοντεςwhirling around δ1130Δινήεντοςwhirling δ1131Δινήσαςhaving whirled around

Revision history2 revisions · last 11 Jul 2012

11 Jul 2012expanded note; more keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
16 Jun 2002added note and keyword — David Whitehead
15 Jun 2002Translated — Tony Natoli

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Δινεύοντες (Adler number delta 1129), trans. Tony Natoli, 15 Jun 2002. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/delta/1129

Translation by Tony Natoli for Suda On Line, revised by David Whitehead, licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Original on SOL ↗