κεδάννυμι

English (LSJ)

poet. for σκεδάννυμι, late in pres., AP5.275 (Agath.); Ep. aor. Act.

   A ἐκέδασσα Hom. (v. infr.), Opp.H.1.412, 3pl. κέδασαν Hsch., Pass. ἐκεδάσθην Hom. (v. infr.), κεδάσθη Orph.A.557; plpf. Pass. κεκέδαστο A.R.2.1112:—break up, scatter, ἐκέδασσε φάλαγγας Il.17.285; θεὸς δ' ἐκέδασσεν Ἀχαιούς Od.14.242; so [ποταμὸς] ἐκέδασσε γεφύρας Il.5.88; νεφέλας ἐκέδασσαν ἄελλαι A.R.3.1360:—Pass., κεδασθείσης ὑσμίνης when the battle was broken up, i.e. when the combatants were no longer in masses, Il.15.328, 16.306; ἔμειναν ἀθρόοι, οὐδ' ἐκέδασθεν ἀνὰ στρατόν 15.657; [δούρατα] ῥαισθείσης (sc. νηός) κεκέδαστο A.R.2.1112; κῶμα κεδάσθη was shed, Orph. l.c.