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Δῖνος · rotation (δ 1132) · Suda

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Α Β Γ Δ Ε Ζ Η Θ Ι Κ Λ Μ Ν Ξ Ο Π Ρ Σ Τ Υ Φ Χ Ψ Ω

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δ1128whirlpools
δ1129whirling around
δ1130whirling
δ1131having whirled around
δ1132rotation
δ1133turned
δ1134turned, inlaid
δ1135wherefore
δ1136Zeus-struck

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Δῖνος

rotation

Translated by Tony Natoli5 May 2002Vetting: high4 revisions

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2 notes · 42 words

Translation

[Meaning] the whirling around of the air, the swirling. Aristophanes in Clouds [writes]: "but ethereal rotation". ¹ Others [maintain] that it is an earthenware vessel; that is, a deep drinking-cup, called a dinos.² Aristophanes says that dinos and the clouds [are] divinities.³

Greek original · Adler’s text

Δῖνος· ἡ περιδίνησις ἡ αἰθερία, ἡ συστροφή. Ἀριστοφάνης Νεφέλαις· ἀλλ' αἰθέριος δῖνος. οἱ δέ, ὅτι κεραμεοῦν ἐστιν ἀγγεῖον· τουτέστι βαθὺ ποτήριον, ὃ καλεῖται δῖνος. δῖνόν φησιν Ἀριστοφάνης καὶ τὰς νεφέλας θεούς.

Betacode

*di=nos: h( peridi/nhsis h( ai)qeri/a, h( sustrofh/. *)aristofa/nhs *nefe/lais: a)ll' ai)qe/rios di=nos. oi( de/, o(/ti kerameou=n e)stin a)ggei=on: toute/sti baqu\ poth/rion, o(\ kalei=tai di=nos. di=no/n fhsin *)aristofa/nhs kai\ ta\s nefe/las qeou/s.

Notes (2)

[1] Aristophanes, Clouds 380 (web address 1), with comment from the scholia there.
2A dinos was a deep earthenware drinking-vessel wide at the top and running down to a point, thus resembling a vortex. Compare generally delta 1133. ↩
3See Clouds 265, 423 (Clouds as divinities); 380, 828, 1471-1474 (Dinos).

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu

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

δ1130Δινήεντοςwhirling δ1131Δινήσαςhaving whirled around δ1132Δῖνοςrotation δ1133Δινωτήνturned δ1134Δινωτοῖςturned, inlaid

Revision history4 revisions · last 10 Nov 2015

10 Nov 2015x-ref; cosmetics — David Whitehead
11 Jul 2012more keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
20 Dec 2002augmented note; cosmetics — David Whitehead
5 May 2002cosmetics — Catharine Roth
5 May 2002Translated — Tony Natoli

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Δῖνος (Adler number delta 1132), trans. Tony Natoli, 5 May 2002. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/delta/1132

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