σκίδνημι: Difference between revisions

|Definition=collat. form of [[σκεδάννυμι]] (q.v.), <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[disperse]], <span class="bibl">Heraclit.91</span>, <span class="bibl">Aret.<span class="title">SD</span>1.5</span>, Plu.2.933d; used by Hom. in compd. [[διασκίδνημι]]. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> mostly Pass. [[σκίδναμαι]], only pres. and impf., to [[be spread]] or [[scattered]], [[disperse]], freq. of a crowd or assembly, αὐτοὶ δ' ἐσκίδναντο κατὰ κλισίας τε νέας τε <span class="bibl">Il.1.487</span>; ἐπὶ σφέτερα σκίδνασθαι <span class="bibl">Od.1.274</span>; ἐσκίδναντο ἑὴν ἐπὶ νῆα ἕκαστος <span class="bibl">Il.19.277</span>; ἐπὶ νῆας ἕκαστοι ἐσκίδναντ' ἰέναι <span class="bibl">24.2</span>; σκίδνασθ' ἐπὶ ἔργα ἕκαστος <span class="bibl">Od.2.252</span>; <b class="b3">ἐσκίδναντο ἑὰ πρὸς δώμαθ' ἕκαστος</b> ib.<span class="bibl">258</span>; of foam or spray, ὑψόσε δ' ἄχνη σκίδναται <span class="bibl">Il.11.308</span>; of a cloud of dust, ὕψι δ' ἀέλλη σκίδναθ' ὑπὸ νεφέων <span class="bibl">16.375</span>; of a stream, ἀνὰ κῆπον ἅπαντα σκίδναται <span class="bibl">Od.7.130</span>; also ὀδμὴ σκίδνατο <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Cer.</span>278</span>; ὂψ σκιδναμένη <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Th.</span>42</span>; σκιδναμένα <span class="bibl">Simon.41</span> codd.Plu. (f.l. for [[κιδν-]]); <b class="b3">σκιδναμένης ἐν στήθεσιν ὀργῆς</b> f.l. in Sapph.27; <b class="b3">σκιδναμένης Δημήτερος</b>, i.e. at seedtime, in spring, Orac. ap. <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.142</span>; <b class="b3">ἅμα ἡλίῳ σκιδναμένῳ</b> as the sun [[began to spread his light]], i.e. soon after sunrise, <span class="bibl">Id.8.23</span>; in Hp. of an odour, <b class="b2">to be dissipated, Loc.Hom</b>.2; of the distribution of <b class="b3">τὸ πνεῦμα</b> through the system, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Morb.Sacr.</span>7</span>; also of the pupils, to [[be dilated]], αἱ κόραι σκίδνανται <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Int.</span>48</span> = <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Dieb.Judic.</span>3</span>; elsewh. rare in Prose, <span class="bibl">Thphr. <span class="title">Sens.</span>55</span>,<span class="bibl">56</span>; εὐωδία ἐκ πηγῆς -αμένη Plu.2.941f (not found in good Att., except compd. [[ἀποσκίδναμαι]] in <span class="bibl">Th.6.98</span>).</span>