κυβιστάω

kybistao

tumble head foremost

Appears 3 times across Plato's dialogues.

Frequency by work

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Symposium 2
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Chapter ?

190a6
190a7
Euthydemus 1
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Chapter ?

294e2

Dictionary (LSJ)

κυβιστάω, Ion. κῠβιστ-έω Opp. C. 4.263: (κύβη):—A. tumble head foremost, ἦ μάλʼ ἐλαφρὸς ἀνήρ, ὡς ῥεῖα κυβιστᾷ Il. 16.745, cf. 749; of fish, κατὰ καλὰ ῥέεθρα κυβίστων ἔνθα καὶ ἔνθα tumbled or plunged about, 21.354, cf. Opp.l.c.; esp. of professional tumblers, Pl. Smp. 190a; κ. εἰς ξίφη, εἰς μαχαίρας, X. Smp. 2.11, Mem. 1.3.9, Pl. Euthd. 294e.

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