κυβιστητήρ
kybisteter
tumbler
Appears 3 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
κυβιστητήρ, ῆρος, ὁ,
‹ All lexicon entries tumbler, δοιὼ δὲ κυβιστητῆρε κατʼ αὐτοὺς μολπῆς ἐξάρχοντες ἐδίνευον κατὰ μέσσους Il. 18.605, Od. 4.18.
2. diver, Il. 16.750.
3. one who pitches headlong, Ph. 1151.
II. later as Adj., tumbling, κυδοιμός 192.