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σκεδάννυμι

skedannumi

to scatter, spring, drive apart

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What it meant

1. σκεδάννυμι · skedannymi — Beekes

σκεδάννυμι [v.] ‘to scatter, spring, drive apart’, med. ‘to disperse, burst, go apart, spread’ (later Att.). <1E *(s)kd-n-eh,- ‘split, strew out’> *VAR σκίδναμαι, -νημι (IL, epic poet.), oxedaw? (see below), fut. σκεδάσω (Thgn.), σκεδῶ (Att), aor. σκεδάσαι, -σθῆναι (IL), perf. pass. ἐσκέδασμαι (IA); also without σ- κεδάσσαι, -σθῆναι (poet. 11.). see Chantraine 1942: 110; late pres. forms κεδάννυμι (AP), κεδόωνται … — [Beekes, s.v. σκεδάννυμι, p. 1395]

2. σκεδάννῦμι · skedannymi — Chantraine

σκεδάννῦμι : Thpbr., etc., la forme ancienne est σκίδναor, mur, aussi κίδναμαι (Hom., poètes) ; autres présents secondaires : σχεδάω (Nic. AI. 583), δια-σκεδάζω (LXX) ; fut. σχεδάσω (Thgn.), σκεδῶ (att.); aor. inf. σκεδάσαι (Hom., etc}, pass. σχεδασθῆναι (ion.-att., etc.), aussi sans o- initial κεδ-ἄσσαι, -ασθῆναι (Hom.), choisi pour des raisons métriques, cf. Chantraïine, Gr. Hom. 1,110 ; parf. passif éoxéôaouar ; … — [Chantraine, s.v. σκεδάννῦμι, p. 1032]

3. σκεδάννυμι · skedannymi — Frisk

σκεδάννυμι (jungatt.), σκίδναμαι, -νημι (vorw. ep. poet. seit Tl.), σκεδάω Ὁ (s. unten), Fut. σκεδάσω (Thgn.), σκεδῶ (att.), Aor. σκεδά-σαι, -σϑῆναι (seit Il.), Perf. Pass. ἐσκέδασμαι (jon. att.); auch ohne o- (metrisch bedingt od. metr. verwertet; s. Debrunner IF 45, 183ff., 57, 149 m. Lit., Chantraine Gramm. hom. 1, 110) κεδάσσαι, -σϑῆναι (poet. seit Il.), späte Präs.formen κεδάννυμι (AP), κεδόωνται (A. R.), Ptz. … — [Frisk, s.v. σκεδάννυμι, p. 1693]

4. σκεδάννυμι · skedannymi — Frisk

σκεδάννυμι. Als Präsens ist noch κέδναμαι (poet. seit Il.) hinzuzufügen. — [Frisk, s.v. σκεδάννυμι, p. 2305]

5. σκεδάννῡμι · skedannymi — LSJ

scatter, disperse, shed, all round, will shiver, scatter abroad

scatter, disperse, ἀπὸ πυρκαϊῆς σκέδασον [λαόν] Il. 23.158, cf. 19.171; λαὸν σκέδασεν κατὰ νῆας 23.162; also of things, σκέδασον δʼ ἀπὸ κήδεα θυμοῦ Od. 8.149; ἠέρα μὲν σκέδασεν Il. 17.649, cf. Od. 13.352; τῶν νῦν αἷμα . . ἐσκέδασʼ ὀξὺς Ἄρης shed the blood all round, Il. 7.330; πάχνην . . ἥλιος σκεδᾷ πάλιν A. Pr. 25; ὄσα φαίνολις ἐσκέδασʼ αὔως Sapph. 95; τρίαιναν . . σκεδᾷ will shiver it, A. Pr. 925; μὴ σκεδάσαι τῷδʼ ἀπὸ κρατὸς βλεφάρων θʼ ὕπνον (sleep being conceived of as a cloud over the eyes)

II to be scattered, disperse, to be shed abroad, to be spread abroad, not confined to one object

Pass., to be scattered, disperse, σκεδασθῆναι ἀνὰ τὰς πόλιας Hdt. 5.102; of a routed army, Th. 4.56, 112, 6.52; σ. καθʼ ἁρπαγήν, of plundering parties, X. An. 3.5.2; ἐπὶ τὰ ἐπιτήδεια Id. Eq. Mag. 7.9; of the rays of the sun, πρὶν σκεδασθῆναι θεοῦ ἀκτῖνας to be shed abroad, A. Pers. 502; of a rumour, to be spread abroad, ἐσκεδασμένου τοῦ λόγου ἀνὰ τὴν πόλιν Hdt. 4.14; also ὄψις ἐσκεδασμένη vision not confined to one object, X. Cyn. 5.26.

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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. σκεδάννυμι (scan pp. 1395-1396; entry #5569).
  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. σκεδάννυμι (scan p. 1032; entry #7309).
  • Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. σκεδάννυμι (scan p. 1693; entry #5182). Root candidates: *sger-.

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