ἐπιδινέω
epidineo
whirl for
Appears 6 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἐπιδινέω, A. whirl for the throw, swing round before throwing, ῥῖψʼ ἐπιδινήσας Il. 3.378, cf. Od. 9.538, etc.:—Med., turn over in oneʼs mind, resolve, ἐμοὶ τόδε θυμὸς πόλλʼ ἐπιδινεῖται 20.218:—Pass., wheel about, as birds in the air, 2.151; Σιληνοὶ . . ὄθμασι δινήθησαν ἔπι Al. 33; so ἐπιδινεῖν αὑτούς, of drones, HA 624a24.
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