δί̄νη

δί̄νη

Grammatical information: f.

Meaning: `whirlpool, eddy' (Il.)

Dialectal forms: Myc. qe-qi-no-to \/gʷegʷinōtos\/, qe-qi-no-me-no \/gʷegʷinōmenos\/

Compounds: βαθυδίνης (Il.)

Derivatives: δινήεις, Dor. δινάεις, Aeol. διννάεις (Alc.) `whirling' (Il.); δῖνος m. `id.', also `round vessel' (Ion.-Att. etc.) with δινώδης `eddying' (D. C.) and δινωτός `with δ., rounded, covered with circles' (Hom.; δινόω only Eust.). - δῑνέω, aor. δινῆσαι etc., also δῑνεύω, (δίννηντες ptc. pl. Sapph. 1, 11; cf. below) tr. `turn around', itr. `id.' (Il.) with δίνησις (Arist.), δίνημα (Man.), δίνευμα (conj. in Ar. Th. 122 and X. Eq. 3, 11; Orph.); - rare δινέμεν (Hes. Op. 598), δινομένην (Call.), ἀπο-δινωντι subj. `thresh' (Tab. Heracl.; uncertain; change to ἀποδιδῶντι?); Aeol. δίννω (Hdn.; Διννομένης Alc.), δινάζω (Artem. ap. Ath.). Perh. Δινών month name (when the corn is threshed).

Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]

Etymology: Perhaps an old nasal present *δι-ν-έϜ-ω (cf. *κῑ-ν-έϜ-ω, κί̄-νυ-μαι) of which the nasal was generalized (cf. κλίνη : κλίνω). Aeol. δίνν- as in ξέννος (Schwyzer 228). Initial δι- has been compared with δίεμαι (s. v.), which Chantr. finds evident "ni pour la forme, ni pour le sens." - The Myc. forms would show an initial labiovelar, from which one would expect rather a labial. Could the form be Pre-Greek? (note that the word has in fact no etymology). Heubeck separates the Myc. forms (Cambridge Coll. Myc. Stud. 229-237).

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