δίν-η, ἡ,
whirlpool, eddy, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 21.213, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 559, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 210, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Cratylus” 439c, etc.: _plural_, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 21.353, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 791, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.28, etc.; ἐπὶ Κυανέας δ. “CIG” “Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum” “Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum” 3797 (from Chalcedon)] Refs 8th c.BC+]: generally, of the sea, Τυρσηνὶς δ. [[ “Anthologia Graeca” 9.308 (from Bianor). ] Refs]
__2 of the rotating heaven, [[ 5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus 35.4; αἰθέρος δῖναι [prev. author] 115.11, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 99b, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Caelo” 295a13, “Ph.” 196a26. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 whirlwind, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 697; δῖναι νεφέλας 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 244 (Lyric poetry). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__4 generally, circular motion, rotation, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 1198; ἀτράκτου 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 620e, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Epistulae” 2p.40U., +others ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__5 metaphorically, ἀνάγκης στερραῖς δ. [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 1052 (_anapaest meter_); τελεσφόροις δίναις κυκλούμενον κέαρ [prev. author] “Ag.” 997 (Lyric poetry). ] Refs 4th c.BC+]