σκίδνημι: Difference between revisions

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