σκεδάννυμι: Difference between revisions

|Definition=<span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">CP</span>3.6.4</span>, etc.:—also σκεδάω, <span class="bibl">Nic.<span class="title">Al.</span>583</span>: fut. <b class="b3">σκεδάσω [ᾰ</b>] <span class="bibl">Thgn.883</span> (ἀπο-), <span class="bibl">J.<span class="title">BJ</span>4.9.6</span>, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Cor.</span>12</span>, etc.; Att. <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> σκεδῶ <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>25</span>, <span class="bibl">925</span>, (ἀπο-) <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>138</span>, (δια-) <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>229</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Av.</span>1053</span> (also in <span class="bibl">Hdt.8.68</span>.<b class="b3">β</b>), (συσκ-) <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ra.</span>903</span>: aor. <b class="b3">ἐσκέδασα</b>, Ep. <b class="b3">σκέδασα</b>, the only tense used by Hom. (v. infr.):—Med., aor. <b class="b3">ἐσκεδασάμην</b> (συγκατ-) <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>7.3.32</span>, (ἀπ-) <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ax.</span>365e</span>:—Pass., fut. σκεδασθήσομαι <span class="bibl">M.Ant.6.4</span>, Gal.6.6: aor. <b class="b3">ἐσκεδάσθην</b>, pf. <b class="b3">ἐσκέδασμαι</b> (v. infr.):— [[scatter]], [[disperse]], <b class="b3">ἀπὸ πυρκαϊῆς σκέδασον [λαόν</b>] <span class="bibl">Il.23.158</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">19.171</span>; λαὸν σκέδασεν κατὰ νῆας <span class="bibl">23.162</span>; also of things, σκέδασον δ' ἀπὸ κήδεα θυμοῦ <span class="bibl">Od.8.149</span>; ἠέρα μὲν σκέδασεν <span class="bibl">Il.17.649</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Od.13.352</span>; <b class="b3">τῶν νῦν αἷμα . . ἐσκέδασ' ὀξὺς Ἄρης</b> [[shed]] the blood [[all round]], <span class="bibl">Il.7.330</span>; πάχνην . . ἥλιος σκεδᾷ πάλιν <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>25</span>; ὄσα φαίνολις ἐσκέδασ' αὔως Sapph.95; <b class="b3">τρίαιναν . . σκεδᾷ</b> [[will shiver]] it, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>925</span>; <b class="b3">μὴ σκεδάσαι τῷδ' ἀπὸ κρατὸς βλεφάρων θ' ὕπνον</b> (sleep being conceived of as a cloud over the eyes) <span class="bibl">S. <span class="title">Tr.</span>989</span> (anap.); [[scatter abroad]], of Pandora opening the fatal casket, <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>95</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> Pass., to [[be scattered]], [[disperse]], σκεδασθῆναι ἀνὰ τὰς πόλιας <span class="bibl">Hdt.5.102</span>; of a routed army, <span class="bibl">Th.4.56</span>,<span class="bibl">112</span>, <span class="bibl">6.52</span>; <b class="b3">σ. καθ' ἁρπαγήν</b>, of plundering parties, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>3.5.2</span>; ἐπὶ τὰ ἐπιτήδεια Id.<span class="title">Eq. Mag.</span>7.9; of the rays of the sun, <b class="b3">πρὶν σκεδασθῆναι θεοῦ ἀκτῖνας</b> [[to be shed abroad]], <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span>502</span>; of a rumour, to [[be spread abroad]], ἐσκεδασμένου τοῦ λόγου ἀνὰ τὴν πόλιν <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.14</span>; also <b class="b3">ὄψις ἐσκεδασμένη</b> vision [[not confined to one object]], <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyn.</span>5.26</span>.</span>

|etymtx=Grammatical information: v.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">to scatter, to spring, to drive apart</b>, midd. <b class="b2">to disperse, to burst, to go apart, to spread</b> (Young Att.).<br />Other forms: <b class="b3">σκίδναμαι</b>, <b class="b3">-νημι</b> (mostly ep. poet. Il.), <b class="b3">σκεδάω</b>? (s. below), fut. <b class="b3">σκεδάσω</b> (Thgn.), <b class="b3">σκεδῶ</b> (Att.), aor. <b class="b3">σκεδάσαι</b>, <b class="b3">-σθῆναι</b> (Il.), perf. pass. <b class="b3">ἐσκέδασμαι</b> (IA.); also without <b class="b3">σ-</b> (metr. cond or metr. used; s. Debrunner IF 45, 183ff., 57, 149 w. lit., Chantraine Gramm. hom. 1, 110) <b class="b3">κεδάσσαι</b>, <b class="b3">-σθῆναι</b> (poet. Il.), late pres. forms <b class="b3">κεδάννυμι</b> (AP), <b class="b3">κεδόωνται</b> (A. R.), ptc. <b class="b3">κεδάων</b> (Nic. Al. 283, better than <b class="b3">σκεδάων</b>), <b class="b3">κεδαίομαι</b>, <b class="b3">-αίω</b> (hell. epic).<br />Compounds: Also w. prefix, esp. <b class="b3">ἀπο-</b>, <b class="b3">δια-</b>, <b class="b3">κατα-</b>.<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">σκέδ-ασις</b> f. [[the scattering]] (α 116 = υ 225, Hp. a. o.; Krarup Class. et Med. 10, 5, Porzig Satzinhalte 196), <b class="b3">-ασμός</b> m. (hell. a. late), (<b class="b3">δια-)-αστής</b> m. [[destroyer]] (Ph.), (<b class="b3">δια-</b>) <b class="b3">-αστικός</b> [[scattering]] (Dsc., Lyd.), <b class="b3">-αστός</b> [[dissolvable]] (Pl., Plu.).<br />Origin: IE [Indo-European] [918] <b class="b2">*skd-n-eh₂-mi</b> [[split]], [[strew out]]<br />Etymology: The system <b class="b3">σκεδάννυμι</b> : <b class="b3">σκίδνημι</b> : <b class="b3">σκεδάσαι</b> was formed after wellknown examples like <b class="b3">πετάννυμι</b>, <b class="b3">κεράννυμι</b> a. o. (s. vv. and Schwyzer 697) from an unknown starting point (the aorist?). The other languages present nothing that could be compared directly with the Greek forms. Closest comes (after Jokl IF 30, 196) Alb. [[tshanj]], [[tshaj]] [[split]], [[tear up]], [[plough]] from <b class="b2">*sked-n̥-i̯ō</b>. To this with nasal infix Av. [[sčandayeiti]] [[break]], [[destroy]], to which may belong Skt. [[skhadate]] [[split]] (gramm.), if from IE <b class="b2">*skh₂n̥d-</b>; the last-mentioned forms can however also be explained from a <b class="b2">d-</b>enlarged nasal root <b class="b2">*sk(h₂)en-d-</b>. Without anlaut. <b class="b2">s-</b> the polyinterpretable Toch. AB <b class="b2">kät-</b> <b class="b2">strew (out)</b>, pres. (B) [[katnau]], <b class="b2">katnaṃ</b> with <b class="b2">nā-</b>suffix and unclear vowel (after v. Windekens Orbis 12, 464f. = Gr. <b class="b3">κιδ-</b>). To be mentioned still several verbal nouns, esp. with <b class="b2">r-</b>suffix, and verbs built to these: Arm. [[šert]] [[chip]], [[piece of wood]], if from <b class="b2">*sk(h₂)ed-ri-</b> (anlaut uncertain), Lith. <b class="b2">skedervà</b> f. [[splinter]], Latv. [[skadrs]] [[easy to split]], Germ., e.g. MEngl. [[scateren]], NEngl. [[scatter]] [[scatter]], MIr. [[scaindrim]] [[split in two]] etc., s. WP. 2, 558 f., 563f., Pok. 918f., 929f., W.-Hofmann s. [[scandula]], Fraenkel s. <b class="b2">kedė̃</b>, Vasmer s. [[ščedryj]] w. further forms and rich lit. -- Cf. [[σχίζω]]. On [[κέδματα]] s. v.