<20Ἐκυλινδεῖτο πρὸ τῶν ποδῶν αὐτοῦ

[he] was rolling before his feet

Translated by Catharine Roth24 Jan 2007Vetting: high4 revisions

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Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἐκυλινδεῖτο πρὸ τῶν ποδῶν αὐτοῦ.

Betacode

*)ekulindei=to pro\ tw=n podw=n au)tou=.

Quotation unidentifiable in this precise form. Adler tentatively attributes it to Symeon Metaphrastes. Be that as it may, there are fairly close extant parallels in e.g. Socrates, Historia ecclesiastica 2.28 (Vetranio and Constantius).
The idiom itself is at least as old as Plato, Republic 432D.
For the verb cf. kappa 2663.