δίνη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

In view of the lack of a good etymology, Beekes considers the possibility of a Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation
 

Noun

δῑ́νη • (dī́nē) f (genitive δῑ́νης); first declension

  1. whirlpool, eddy
    Synonyms: βέμβιξ (bémbix), ἶλιγξ (îlinx), στροφάλιγξ (strophálinx)

Inflection
First declension of ἡ δῑ́νη; τῆς δῑ́νης (Attic)
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
têi 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
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms
  • βαθυδῑ́νης (bathudī́nēs)
  • δῑνέω (dīnéō)
  • δῑνήεις (dīnḗeis)
  • δῑ́νημα (dī́nēma)
  • δῑ́νησις (dī́nēsis)
  • δῑνώδης (dīnṓdēs)
  • δῑνωτός (dīnōtós)

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 (2006–2023)
  • 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)

  1. vortex, whirlpool

Declension
declension of δίνη
case     \     number singular plural
nominative δίνη • δίνες •
genitive δίνης • δινών •
accusative δίνη • δίνες •
vocative δίνη • δίνες •
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