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σκίδνημι

skidnemi

disperse, to be spread, scattered, began to spread his light, to be dissipated, to be dilated

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σκίδνημι · skidnēmi — LSJ

disperse

disperse, Heraclit. 91, Aret. SD 1.5, Plu. Fac.lun. 2.933d; used by Hom. in compd. διασκίδνημι.

II to be spread, scattered, disperse, began to spread his light, to be dissipated, to be dilated

mostly Pass. σκίδναμαι, only pres. and impf., to be spread or scattered, disperse, freq. of a crowd or assembly, αὐτοὶ δʼ ἐσκίδναντο κατὰ κλισίας τε νέας τε Il. 1.487; ἐπὶ σφέτερα σκίδνασθαι Od. 1.274; ἐσκίδναντο ἑὴν ἐπὶ νῆα ἕκαστος Il. 19.277; ἐπὶ νῆας ἕκαστοι ἐσκίδναντʼ ἰέναι 24.2; σκίδνασθʼ ἐπὶ ἔργα ἕκαστος Od. 2.252; ἐσκίδναντο ἑὰ πρὸς δώμαθʼ ἕκαστος ib. 258; of foam or spray, ὑψόσε δʼ ἄχνη σκίδναται Il. 11.308; of a cloud of dust, ὕψι δʼ ἀέλλη σκίδναθʼ ὑπὸ νεφέων 16.375; of a stream, ἀνὰ κῆ

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  • Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. σκίδνημι (scan p. 1402; entry #5591).

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