κεδάννυμι

kedannymi

break up, scatter

Appears 11 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Iliad 8
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Book 2 1
Chapter ?

2398
Book 5 1
Chapter ?

588
Book 13 1
Chapter ?

13739
Book 15 2
Chapter ?

15328
15657
Book 16 1
Chapter ?

16306
Book 17 2
Chapter ?

17283
17285
Odyssey 3
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Book 3 1
Chapter ?

3131
Book 13 1
Chapter ?

13317
Book 14 1
Chapter ?

14242

Dictionary (LSJ)

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

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