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ῥιγεδανός

rigedanos

making one shudder

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Where it lives

  • Iliad 1 · 0.09/10k

What it meant — LSJ

making one shudder, at whose name one shudders, horrible

making one shudder, ῥιγεδανὴ Ἑλένη at whose name one shudders, horrible, Il. 19.325; so ῥ. γῆρυς A.R. 4.1343, cf. Opp. H. 5.37; μοῖραν ῥιγεδανοῦ βιότου IG 12(3).869.10 (Thera).

2 shivery, cold

shivery, cold, ῥ. πηγυλίς AP 9.384.24. Adv. -νῶς Tryph. 558.

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Where it came from

  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. ῥιγεδανός (scan p. 429; entry #3029).

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