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κυ^λίνδω , Ep., Lyr., Trag., also Telecl.1.8, Ar.Eq.1249, Nu.375 (Pass.):—in Prose (always in Att.) more freq. κυλινδέω (for which καλινδέω is freq. v.l.), also Ar.Av.502 (Med.), v.l. in Semon.7.4:— later κυλίω (q.v.): fut. κυλινδήσω late, IG14.1389ii 35 (ii A.D.): aor.
A.“ἐκύλι_σα” Sosith.2.20, Theoc.23.52, AP7.490 (Anyt.), also (εἰς-) Ar. Th.651, (ἐξ-) Pi.Fr.7:—Med., impf. Ar.Av. l.c.: fut. κυλίσομαι （προ-) App.Ital.5.4: aor. ἐκυλισάμην （ἐν-) Luc.Hipp.6:—Pass., fut. κυλισθήσομαι （ἐκ-) A.Pr.87: aor. ἐκυλίσθην, Ep.κυλ-, Il.17.99, S.El. 50, Fr.363; later “κυλινδηθείς” Str.14.2.24: pf. “κεκύλισμαι” Luc.Hist. Conscr.63, Ath.11.480c: plpf. “κεκύλιστο” Nonn.D.5.47:—roll, “ὀστέα . . εἰν ἁλὶ κῦμα κυλίνδει” Od.1.162, cf. 14.315; “Βορέης μέγα κῦμα κυλίνδων” 5.296; “οἶδμα . . κυλίνδει βυσσόθεν θῖνα” S.Ant.590 (lyr.); κυλίνδετ᾽ εἴσω τὸν δυσδαίμονα trundle him in, Ar.Eq.l.c.; ὁλοιτρόχους, λίθους κυλινδεῖν, X.An.4.2.3, 4.7.4; “ἔνθα Νεῖλος . . γάνος κυλίνδει” A.Fr.300.3: metaph., πῆμα θεὸς Δαναοῖσι κυλίνδει rolls calamity upon them, Il. 17.688; στυγερὴν δὲ κυλινδήσει κακότητα IGl.c.
2. revolve in mind, Pi.N.4.40.
3. roll away, ἐλπίδας APl.c.
II. Med. and Pass., to be rolled, roll, freq. in Hom., “τρόφι κῦμα κυλίνδεται” Il.11.307, cf. Od.9.147, Alc.18; “πέδονδε κυλίνδετο λᾶας ἀναιδής” Od.11.598, cf. Il.13.142, 14.411; “νῶϊν δὴ τόδε πῆμα κυλίνδεται” 11.347, cf. Od. 2.163, 8.81; toss like a ship at sea, “κυλίνδοντ᾽ ἐλπι.δες” Pi.O.12.6; to be whirled round on a wheel, of Ixion, Id.P.2.23; κυλινδομένα φλόξ whirling flame, ib.1.24; [“νεφέλαι] κυλινδόμεναι” Ar.Nu.l.c.; μεταξύ που κυλινδεῖται τοῦ τε μὴ ὄντος καὶ τοῦ ὄντος is tossed about between . . , Pl.R.479d.
2. of persons, κυλίνδεσθαι κατὰ κόπρον roll, wallow in the dirt (in sign of grief), Il.22.414; κλαίων τε κυλινδόμενός τ' Od.4.541, cf. Ar.Av.l.c.; wander to and fro, “ψυχὴ . . περὶ τάφους κυλινδουμένη” Pl. Phd.81d; “ἐν δικαστηρίοις” Id.Tht.172c; “πρὸ ποδῶν κ.” Id.R.432d; in petitions, “παρὰ πόδα τῶν ἰχνῶν τινος κ.” PMasp.5.8 (vi A.D.), etc.: metaph., “ἐν ἀμηχανίῃσι κυλίνδομαι” Thgn.619; ἐν ἀμαθίᾳ κ. wallow in . . , Pl.Phd.82e, Plt.309a; “ἐν πότοις καὶ γυναιξίν” Plu.2.184f; “κατὰ τὰ βιβλία” Gal.9.647.
b. to be rolled, whirled headlong, “ἐκ δίφρων κυλισθείς” S.El.50; roll over, of the embryo, Arist.HA586b25.
c. to be rolled up, κυλισθεὶς ὡς ὄνος like a wood-louse, S.Fr.363.
3. of Time, “κυλινδομέναις ἁμέραις” Pi.I.3.18.
4. of words, to be tossed from mouth to mouth, i.e. be much talked of, “τοὔνομ᾽ αὐτῆς ἐν ἀγορᾷ κυλίνδεται” Ar.V.492; “κ. πᾶς λόγος παρὰ τοῖς ἐπαΐουσιν” Pl.Phdr. 275e.
Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1940.

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