σαρδάνιος (sardanios)

Where it lives

Odyssey 1 · 0.12/10k
Republic 1 · 0.11/10k

What it meant

σαρδάνιος · sardanios — LSJ

bitter, scornful, ridere, grinning, sneering, by a Sardinian plant, Ranunculus Sardoüs, Sardinian crowfoot, sardonic

an Adj. used of bitter or scornful smiles or laughter, μείδησε δὲ θυμῷ σαρδάνιον μάλα τοῖον Od. 20.302; so ἀνεκάγχασε μάλα σαρδάνιον Pl. R. 337a; ὑπομειδιάσας σαρδάνιον Plb. 18.7.6; τί μάταια γελᾷς . . ; τάχα που σαρδάνιον γελάσεις AP 5.178 (Mel.); πεφύλαξο σίνεσθαι, μὴ καὶ σ. γελάσῃς APl. 16.86; ridere γέλωτα σαρδάνιον Cic. Fam. 7.25.1. (Perh. connected with σεσηρώς, grinning, sneering, Sch. Pl. l.c.; cf. σαρδάζων· μετὰ πικρίας γελῶν, Phot., Suid. —The common expl. given of this laugh was that

In the wild

σαρδάνιον · sardanion Odyssey 20.302
σαρδάνιον · sardanion Plato, Republic 1.337 (DIORISIS sentence 310)

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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