The corpus record

ψεδνός

psednos

thin, spare, scanty

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Where it lives

Iliad 1 · 0.09/10k

What it meant — LSJ

thin, spare, scanty, bald-headed, bare, naked

thin, spare, scanty, λάχνη Il. 2.219; χαῖται AP 9.430 (Crin.); κόμαι Aret. SD 2.13: later of a person, bald-headed, Luc. DMort. 30[25].1: generally, bare, naked, χωρία Aristid. Or. 36(48).67 (Comp.):—v. l. for ψυδρός or ψυδνός in Thgn. 122.

In the wild

ψεδνὴ · psednē Iliad 2.219

Where it came from

Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. ψεδνός (scan p. 1713; entry #6644).
Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. ψεδνός (scan p. 1307; entry #8875).
Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. ψεδνός (scan pp. 2103-2104; entry #6178).

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