σφυδόω
ἐκ Χάεος δ' Ἔρεβός τε μέλαινά τε Νὺξ ἐγένοντο... (Hesiod's Theogony 123) → From Chasm, Erebos and black Night came to be...
English (LSJ)
A to be in full health or vigour, σφυδῶν· εὔρωστος, ἰσχυρός, σκληρός, Hsch., cf. διασφυδόω:—Pass., δειπνοῦσιν ἐσφυδωμένοι τἀλλότρια they sup even to bursting, Timocl.29; cf. σφυρόομαι.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1052] Timocl. bei Ath. VI, 246 f steht ἐσφυδωμένοι, was man in ἐσφυνωμένοι hat ändern wollen, angeschwellt, vgl. Mein. III p. 610.
Frisk Etymological English
Grammatical information: v.
Meaning: only in ἐσφυδωμένος (Timocl. 29) stuffed with food.
Derivatives: σφυδῶν ἰσχυρός, εὔρωστος, σκληρός and δια-σφυδῶσαι αὑξῆσαι H.
Origin: XX [etym. unknown]
Etymology: Already because of the meagre documentation and the only roughly known meaning difficult to judge. Hypotheses by Persson (Stud. 144, Beitr. 1, 414f.) are mentioned by WP. 2, 659, Pok. 998f., Hofmann Et.Wb. s. σπεύδω, Hiersche Ten. asp. 203, partly also by Bq.
