μειδιάω

English (LSJ)

   A v. μειδάω.

German (Pape)

[Seite 115] att. = μειδάω, w. m. vgl., wie Lob. Phryn. 82; μειδιόων, Il. 7, 212; μειδιῶσα, Ar. Thesm. 513; μειδιάσας, Plat. Phaed. 86 d; πάνυ μειδιάσας τῷ προσώπῳ – ἔφη Euthyd. 275 e; μειδιᾶν, Parm. 130 a; Folgde; übertr., μειδιᾷ πόντος Satyr. 6 (V, 6), u. a. sp. D., μειδιάᾳ ἄρουρα Qu. Sm. 9, 476. Es ist im Attischen allein, statt μειδάω, gebräuchlich, vgl. Lob. Phryn. p. 82.

French (Bailly abrégé)

-ῶ :
f. μειδιάσω, ao. ἐμειδίασα, pf. inus.
rire doucement, sourire.
Étymologie: cf. μειδάω.

Greek Monotonic

μειδιάω: = μειδάω, μόνο στην Επικ. μτχ. μειδιόων, σε Όμηρ.

Russian (Dvoretsky)

μειδιάω: (ᾰ) (fut. μειδιάσω с ᾱ, aor. ἐμειδίασα, part. μειδιάων и μειδιόων) улыбаться Hom., Plat., Arph. etc.

Frisk Etymological English

Grammatical information: v.
Meaning: smile, in Hom. only ptc. -ιόων, -ιόωσα, later also inf. -ιᾶν (Pl.) and indic. forms (e.g. μειδιᾳ̃ Theoc.); aor. μειδ-ιᾶσαι (Sapph., Pl., Plb., Plu.), -ῆσαι (Il.),
Compounds: Also with prefix like ἐπι-, ὑπο-. Also φιλο-(μ)μειδής (from -σμ-; s. below) friendly smiling, esp. of Aphrodite (Il.), as if from μεῖδος γέλως H., but perh. directly from the verb ; s. below. On Hes. Th. 200 see Risch, Festgabe Howald, 1947, 76 and Strunk Glotta 38(1960) 70 but also Dornseiff, Ant. Class. 6(1937)247, and Heubeck, Beitr. Namenforschung 16(1965)204-6; s. DELG.
Derivatives: μείδημα n. smiling (Hes.), -ίαμα id. (Luc., Plu.), (ἐπι- )μειδίασις (Plu.), -ίασμα (H.), -ιασμός (Poll., Sch.), τὸ μειδιαστικόν cheerfulness (sch.); μειδ-άμων smiling (Hymn. Is.).
Origin: IE [Indo-European] [967] *smei- laught, smile
Etymology: The relation between these forms is not clear. The present μειδ-ιάω, with the aor. μειδιᾶσαι, is perh. an epic transformation, perh. starting from ptc. pres. (Schwyzer 727, Chantraine Gramm. hom. 1, 359); the aorist μειδ-ῆσαι may contain an η-enlargement. From a verb can also derive φιλο-(μ)μειδής (Schwyzer 513) with μεῖδος as basisc word concluded from it. But the reversed way is also possible: from μεῖδος partly φιλο-(μ)μειδής, partly as denominative μειδῆσαι and (transformed) μειδ-ιάω. -- In any case all forms have a δ-element, which is secondary as we see when we compare the forms of other languages: Skt. smáyate, -ti smile, Toch. B smi-mane, A smi-māṃ ptc. midd. smiling, OCS smějǫ sę, smijati sę laugh, Latv. smeju, smiêt laugh (at) with the Balt. iterative smaidît, with smaĩda laughing (so independent of μειδ-; but see DELG). Whether the Greek δ fist arose in a noun or in a verb, cannot be distinguished, as indicated above (cf. Schwyzer 508 f. and 702 f.). -- More forms, e.g. Lat.mīrus, Engl. smile, in WP. 2, 686f., Pok. 967, W.-Hofmann s. mīrus, Vasmer s. smejúsь.

Middle Liddell

μειδιάω, = μειδάω, Hom.] only in epic part. μειδιόων