δίνη
Ancient Greek
Etymology
In view of the lack of a good etymology, Beekes considers the possibility of a Pre-Greek origin.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /dǐː.nɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈdi.ne̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈði.ni/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈði.ni/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈði.ni/
Noun
δῑ́νη • (dī́nē) f (genitive δῑ́νης); first declension
- whirlpool, eddy
- Synonyms: βέμβιξ (bémbix), ἶλιγξ (îlinx), στροφάλιγξ (strophálinx)
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ δῑ́νη hē dī́nē |
τὼ δῑ́νᾱ tṑ dī́nā |
αἱ δῖναι hai dînai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς δῑ́νης tês dī́nēs |
τοῖν δῑ́ναιν toîn dī́nain |
τῶν δῑνῶν tôn dīnôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ δῑ́νῃ tēî dī́nēi |
τοῖν δῑ́ναιν toîn dī́nain |
ταῖς δῑ́ναις taîs dī́nais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν δῑ́νην tḕn dī́nēn |
τὼ δῑ́νᾱ tṑ dī́nā |
τᾱ̀ς δῑ́νᾱς tā̀s dī́nās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | δῑ́νη dī́nē |
δῑ́νᾱ dī́nā |
δῖναι dînai | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ἀειδίνητος (aeidínētos)
- ἀεροδινής (aerodinḗs)
- ἁλιδινής (halidinḗs)
- ἀργυροδίνης (argurodínēs)
- ἀσκορδίνητος (askordínētos)
- ἀστεροδίνητος (asterodínētos)
- βαθυδῑ́νης (bathudī́nēs)
- δῑνέω (dīnéō)
- δῑνήεις (dīnḗeis)
- δῑ́νημα (dī́nēma)
- δῑ́νησις (dī́nēsis)
- δῑνώδης (dīnṓdēs)
- δῑνωτός (dīnōtós)
- ἐριδινής (eridinḗs)
- εὐδινής (eudinḗs)
- εὐδίνητος (eudínētos)
- εὐρυδίνης (eurudínēs)
- εὐρυοδίνης (euruodínēs)
- ἠεροδίνης (ēerodínēs)
- ἠπιοδίνητος (ēpiodínētos)
- ἱπποδίνητος (hippodínētos)
- καλλιδίνης (kallidínēs)
- μελανδίνης (melandínēs)
- οἰστροδίνητος (oistrodínētos)
- παλινδίνητος (palindínētos)
- περιδινής (peridinḗs)
- ποικιλοδίνης (poikilodínēs)
- πολυδινής (poludinḗs)
- πολυδίνητος (poludínētos)
- πορφυροδίνης (porphurodínēs)
- πυριδίνης (puridínēs)
- ταχυδινής (takhudinḗs)
- φρενοδινής (phrenodinḗs)
- ὠκυδίνητος (ōkudínētos)
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 (2006–2025)
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], 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)