σμερδαλέος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=α, Ion. η, ον, Ep. Adj. (<span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span>553</span> is mock-heroic), <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[terrible to look on]], [[fearful]], δράκων <span class="bibl">Il.2.309</span>; of Odysseus when cast up by the sea, <span class="bibl">Od.6.137</span>; <b class="b3">σ. κεφαλή</b>, of Scylla, <span class="bibl">12.91</span>; <b class="b3">χαλκὸς σ</b>. bronze [[dire-gleaming]], <span class="bibl">Il.12.464</span>, <span class="bibl">13.192</span>; of armour of all kinds, [[σάκος]], [[αἰγίς]], [[ἀορτήρ]], <span class="bibl">20.260</span>, <span class="bibl">21.401</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.11.609</span>; <b class="b3">οἰκία σ</b>., of Hades, <span class="bibl">Il.20.65</span>; ἔρις <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Th.</span>710</span>; πόλισμα Ar. l.c. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[terrible to hear]], esp. in neut. as Adv., σμερδαλέον δ' ἐβόησε <span class="bibl">Il.8.92</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">σ. κονάβησαν, κονάβιζε</b>, <span class="bibl">2.334</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.10.399</span>: pl., <b class="b3">σμερδαλέα κτυπέων</b>, of Zeus, <span class="bibl">Il.7.479</span>; σ. ἰάχων <span class="bibl">5.302</span>. (Prob. cogn. with Skt. [[márdati]] 'crush, crumble', Lat. [[mordere]], OHG. [[smerzan]], Engl. [[smart]].) </span>