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ἠπεδανός

epedanos

[adj

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What it meant

1. ἠπεδανός · ēpedanos — Beekes

ἠπεδανός [adj.] “weak, light, slight, halting’ (IL). *ETYM Formation like pryedavdc, πευκεδανός (Chantraine 1933: 362, Schwyzer: 530, Risch 1937: 106), but further unclear, like several emotional adjectives. An Ionic word, acc. to DELG. Pokorny maintains the uncertain comparison with Lith. opus ‘soft, receptive, invalid’ (beside which *tyno0c [n.] has been assumed, like ῥῖγος to ptyeSavéc); it has also been … — [Beekes, s.v. ἠπεδανός, p. 569]

2. ἠπεδανός · ēpedanos — Chantraine

ἠπεδανός : «faible, fragile» (Hom,, A.R.), dit Od. 8,311 d'Héphaistos à cause de son infirmité ; bien attesté chez Hp., dit d'un enfant, d’une fièvre ; doit être ionien. Et.: Formation comme ῥιγεδανός, πευκεδανός, etc. mais étymologie ignorée. On rapproche par ex. lit. opùs «tendre, fragile » (d'où *froc n., comme ῥῖγος à côté de — 415 — Ἥρα — [Chantraine, s.v. ἠπεδανός, p. 428]

3. ἠπεδανός · ēpedanos — Frisk

ἠπεδανός ‘schwach, hinfällig, gebrechlich’ (ep. poet. seit Il., Hp.). — Bildung wie διγεδανός, πευκεδανός (Chantraine Formation 362, Schwyzer 530, Risch 98) aber sonst wie so viele Gefühlsadjektive unklar. Bezzenberger BB 1, 164 und Charpentier KZ 40, 442 ff. vergleichen lit. opüs ‘zart, empfindlich, gebrechlich’ (daneben *nos n. wie ῥῖγος zu διγεδανός Risch), aind. apuvd “lähmender Schrecken, Panik, Todesangst’ … — [Frisk, s.v. ἠπεδανός, p. 671]

4. ἠπεδᾰνός · ēpedanos — LSJ

weakly, halting, a slight, trifling, weakly, light, slight

weakly, Il. 8.104; halting, of Hephaistos, Od. 8.311; ἄνδρες, χέρες, A.R. 2.800, 3.82; λέων Babr. Fab.Hex. 9; νόος Man. 2.160; in Ion. Prose, ἠ. πῦρ a slight, trifling fever, Hp. Mul. 1.4; of a child, weakly, ib. 27; τὰ ἠ. ib. 78; ἠ. ὕπνος light, slight, dub. in Ion Trag. 4; of ghosts, prob. cj. in Euph. 134.

2 void of

c. gen., void of, φάμας ἔσσεαι ἠπεδανά AP 9.521.

II weakening

Act., weakening, δεῖμα Orph. L. 382, cf. Fr. 142. (Derived by Gramm. fr. ἀ- priv., πέδον, cf. EM 433.26, and v. νηπεδανός: better fr. ἀ- and πούς, Hsch.; for the termination perh. cf. οὐτιδ-ανός.)

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Where it came from

  • Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. ἠπεδανός (scan p. 569; entry #2482).
  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. ἠπεδανός (scan pp. 428-429; entry #3028).
  • Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. ἠπεδανός (scan pp. 671-672; entry #2354).

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