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δ947Διερικνοῦντοthey were thoroughly twisting themselves… third-person plural, imperfect indicative, of the verb diarrikno/omai. LSJ (citing Cratinus fr. 219 Kock, now 234 K.-A.) translate as "draw up and twist the body (of an unseemly kind of dance)" (web address 1). …Matched in noteshighshort

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Διερικνοῦντο

they were thoroughly twisting themselves

[Meaning] they were thoroughly bending themselves.

Διερικνοῦντο· διεκαμπυλοῦντο.