The corpus record

μειδάω

meidao

smile, laugh aloud, grinning

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Where it lives

Shield of Heracles 1 · 3.09/10k
Iliad 9 · 0.81/10k
Odyssey 6 · 0.69/10k
History 1 · 0.07/10k
Enneads 1 · 0.05/10k

What it meant

μειδ-άω · meid-aō — LSJ

smile, laugh aloud, grinning

smile, Ep. Verb, only 3 sg. aor. μείδησε Il. 1.595, 5.426, Od. 4.609, Hes. Sc. 115, etc.; part. μειδήσας, -σασα Il. 1.596, etc.; inf. μειδῆσαι h.Cer. 204; μείδησε σαρδάνιον (v. Σαρδάνιος) Od. 20.301; opp. γελᾶν, laugh aloud, μειδῆσαι γελάσαι τε h.Cer. l.c.; κάρχαρόν τι μειδήσας grinning so as to show his teeth, Babr. 94.6:—pres. is supplied by μειδιάω, used by Hom. only in Ep. part. μειδιόων Il. 7.212, 23.786; -ιόωσα 21.491: later 3 sg. μειδιάει h.Hom. 10.3, μειδιᾷ Theoc. 30.5; part. μειδιάων h.

In the wild

μείδησεν · meidēsen Shield of Heracles 115
μείδησεν · meidēsen Iliad 1.595
μειδήσασα · meidēsasa Iliad 1.596
μείδησεν · meidēsen Iliad 14.222
μειδήσασα · meidēsasa Iliad 14.223
μείδησεν · meidēsen Iliad 15.47

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Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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