κεδάννυμι: Difference between revisions

|Definition=poet. for [[σκεδάννυμι]], late in pres., <span class="title">AP</span>5.275 (Agath.); Ep. aor. Act. ἐκέδασσα Hom. (v. infr.), <span class="bibl">Opp.<span class="title">H.</span>1.412</span>, 3pl. κέδασαν Hsch., Pass. ἐκεδάσθην Hom. (v. infr.), κεδάσθη <span class="bibl">Orph.<span class="title">A.</span>557</span>; plpf. Pass. κεκέδαστο <span class="bibl">A.R.2.1112</span>:—[[break up]], [[scatter]], ἐκέδασσε φάλαγγας <span class="bibl">Il.17.285</span>; θεὸς δ' ἐκέδασσεν Ἀχαιούς <span class="bibl">Od.14.242</span>; so [ποταμὸς] ἐκέδασσε γεφύρας <span class="bibl">Il.5.88</span>; νεφέλας ἐκέδασσαν ἄελλαι <span class="bibl">A.R.3.1360</span>:—Pass., <b class="b3">κεδασθείσης ὑσμίνης</b> when the battle [[was broken up]], i.e. when the combatants were no longer in masses, <span class="bibl">Il.15.328</span>, <span class="bibl">16.306</span>; ἔμειναν ἀθρόοι, οὐδ' ἐκέδασθεν ἀνὰ στρατόν <span class="bibl">15.657</span>; [<b class="b3">δούρατα] ῥαισθείσης</b> (sc. [[νηός]]) κεκέδαστο <span class="bibl">A.R.2.1112</span>; <b class="b3">κῶμα κεδάσθη</b> [[was shed]], Orph. [[l.c.]]