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Ancient Greek
Etymology
In view of the lack of a good etymology, Beekes considers the possibility of a Pre-Greek origin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dǐː.nɛː/ → /ˈði.ni/ → /ˈði.ni/
Noun
δῑ́νη • (dī́nē) f (genitive δῑ́νης); first declension
- whirlpool, eddy
- Synonyms: βέμβιξ (bémbix), ἶλιγξ (îlinx), στροφάλιγξ (strophálinx)
Inflection
Derived terms
Further reading
- “δίνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “δίνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “δίνη”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- δίνη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- δίνη in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- δίνη in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
Greek
Noun
δίνη • (díni) f (plural δίνες)
- vortex, whirlpool
Declension