δ1132Δῖνος
rotation
[Meaning] the whirling around of the air, the swirling. Aristophanes in Clouds [writes]: "but ethereal rotation". Others [maintain] that it is an earthenware vessel; that is, a deep drinking-cup, called a dinos.…
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…
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