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δίνη

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: δίνη δίνης

Structure: διν (Stem) + η (Ending)

Sense

  1. whirlpool

Declension

First declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ἀλλ’ ἐκπαύσω γὰρ μόχθουσ δάφνασ ὁλκοῖσ, χρυσέων δ’ ἐκ τευχέων ῥίψω Γαίασ παγάν, ἃν ἀποχεύονται Κασταλίασ δῖναι, νοτερὸν ὕδωρ βάλλων, ὅσιοσ ἀπ’ εὐνᾶσ ὤν. (Euripides, Ion, choral, anapests1)
  • σὴν γὰρ ἐμοὶ καὶ πόντοσ ἐπήρατον εἰκόνα φαίνει, καὶ ποταμῶν δῖναι, καὶ δέπασ οἰνοχόον, α. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 5, chapter 266 1:1)
  • ἵνα δὲ ξυμβάλλουσιν οἱ ποταμοὶ οὗτοι, στενότατοσ εἷσ ποταμὸσ ἐκ τοῖν δυοῖν γίγνεται καὶ τὸ ῥεῦμα αὐτῷ ὀξὺ ἐπὶ τῇ στενότητι καὶ δῖναι ἄτοποι ὑποστρέφοντοσ τοῦ ῥοῦ, καὶ τὸ ὕδωρ κυμαίνεταί τε καὶ καχλάζει ἐπὶ μέγα, ὡσ καὶ πόρρω ἔτι ὄντων ἐξακούεσθαι τὸν κτύπον τοῦ κύματοσ. (Arrian, Anabasis, book 6, chapter 4 4:2)
  • ὡσ δὲ ἐσ πλάτοσ ἤδη ὁ ποταμὸσ διέσχεν, ἐνταῦθα δὴ ὅ τε ῥοῦσ οὐκέτι ὡσαύτωσ χαλεπὸσ ἦν καὶ αἱ δῖναι οὐχ ὁμοίᾳ τῇ βίᾳ ἐπέστρεφον. (Arrian, Anabasis, book 6, chapter 5 3:2)
  • τοῦ δὲ ῥεύματοσ περὶ τούτουσ σχιζομένου βιαιότερον καὶ πολλάκισ διὰ τὰσ ἐγκοπὰσ ἀνακλωμένου πρὸσ ἐναντίαν τὴν καταφορὰν συνίστανται δῖναι θαυμασταί· (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 1, chapter 32 8:2)

Synonyms

  1. whirlpool

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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