δῖνος

A. like δίνη, whirling, rotation, such as Anaxagoras held to be the effect of νοῦς as the regulator of the Universe, Clem.Al. Strom. 2.14 (pl.); personified, Δῖνος βασιλεύει τὸν Δί’ ἐξεληλακώς Ar. Nu. 828: generally, ὁ τοῦ κοσκίνου δ. Democr. 164; σφενδόνης δ. Onos. 17.

2. eddy, whirlpool, Epicur. Ep. 2pp.38,47U., Arist. Pr. 932a5, Plu. 2.404f; δ. ἀπὸ τοῦ παντὸς ἀποκριθῆναι παντοίων εἰδέων Democr. 167: metaph., δῖνοι ἡδυλόγου σοφίης cj. in Timo 67.4.

3. a dance, Hdn.Gr.2.492, Eust. 1166.10.

II. vertigo, Hp. VC 11.

III. round threshing-floor, Telesill. 7, cj. in X. Oec. 18.5.

IV. round goblet, Ar. V. 618, IG 11(2).110 (Delos, iii B. C.), al. (cf. δεῖνος, which is freq. v. l. and is found in puns with δεινός, Apolloph. 1, Arched. 1.4).