ἄβδης

English (LSJ)

ὁ, said by Hsch. to mean A scourge in Hippon.98.

German (Pape)

[Seite 2] Geißel, Hippon. bei Hes.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

ἄβδης: ὁ, «μάστιξ παρ’ Ἱππώνακτι», Ἡσύχ.

Spanish (DGE)

ὁ
látigo Hippon.148.
• Etimología: Etim. desconocida; quizá pregriego, sin duda relacionado c. ἀβριστήν q.u.

Frisk Etymological English

Grammatical information: m.\/f.?
Meaning: μάστιξ παρ' Ίππώνακτι H.
Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]
Etymology: Prob. a foreign word in Hipponax. Masson Hipponax 170 (fr. 130). Fur. 388 compares convincingly ἀβριστήν μάστιγα H. He concludes that it is Pre-Greek because of the cluster βδ (318), with βδ > βρ.