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|Definition=[[Theophrastus|Thphr.]] ''[[De Causis Plantarum|CP]]'' 3.6.4, etc.:—also [[σκεδάω]], Nic.''Al.''583: fut. σκεδάσω [ᾰ] Thgn.883 (ἀπο-), J.''BJ''4.9.6, Plu.''Cor.''12, etc.; Att.<br><span class="bld">A</span> σκεδῶ [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[Prometheus Vinctus|Pr.]]''25, 925, (ἀπο-) [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Oedipus Tyrannus|OT]]''138, (δια-) Ar.''V.''229, ''Av.''1053 (also in [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]8.68.β), (συσκ-) Ar.''Ra.''903: aor. ἐσκέδασα, Ep. [[σκέδασα]], the only tense used by Hom. (v. infr.):—Med., aor. ἐσκεδασάμην (συγκατ-) X.''An.''7.3.32, (ἀπ-) Pl.''Ax.''365e:—Pass., fut. σκεδασθήσομαι M.Ant.6.4, Gal.6.6: aor. ἐσκεδάσθην, pf. [[ἐσκέδασμαι]] (v. infr.):—[[scatter]], [[disperse]], <b class="b3">ἀπὸ πυρκαϊῆς σκέδασον [λαόν]</b> Il.23.158, cf. 19.171; λαὸν σκέδασεν κατὰ νῆας 23.162; also of things, σκέδασον δ' ἀπὸ κήδεα θυμοῦ Od.8.149; ἠέρα μὲν σκέδασεν Il.17.649, cf. Od.13.352; <b class="b3">τῶν νῦν αἷμα.. ἐσκέδασ' ὀξὺς Ἄρης</b> [[shed]] the blood [[all round]], Il.7.330; πάχνην.. ἥλιος σκεδᾷ πάλιν [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[Prometheus Vinctus|Pr.]]''25; ὄσα φαίνολις ἐσκέδασ' αὔως Sapph.95; <b class="b3">τρίαιναν.. σκεδᾷ</b> [[will shiver]] it, [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[Prometheus Vinctus|Pr.]]''925; <b class="b3">μὴ σκεδάσαι τῷδ' ἀπὸ κρατὸς βλεφάρων θ' ὕπνον</b> (sleep being conceived of as a cloud over the eyes) S. ''Tr.''989 (anap.); [[scatter abroad]], of Pandora opening the fatal casket, Hes.''Op.''95.<br><span class="bld">II</span> Pass., to [[be scattered]], [[disperse]], σκεδασθῆναι ἀνὰ τὰς πόλιας [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]5.102; of a routed army, Th.4.56,112, 6.52; <b class="b3">σ. καθ' ἁρπαγήν</b>, of plundering parties, X.''An.''3.5.2; ἐπὶ τὰ ἐπιτήδεια Id.''Eq. Mag.''7.9; of the rays of the sun, <b class="b3">πρὶν σκεδασθῆναι θεοῦ ἀκτῖνας</b> to [[be shed abroad]], [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[The Persians|Pers.]]''502; of a rumour, to [[be spread abroad]], ἐσκεδασμένου τοῦ λόγου ἀνὰ τὴν πόλιν [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]4.14; also <b class="b3">ὄψις ἐσκεδασμένη</b> vision [[not confined to one object]], X.''Cyn.''5.26.