κίδναμαι
kidnamai
to be spread abroad
Appears 3 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
κίδναμαι, Pass. of κίδνημι (only found in the compd. ἐπικ-), poet. for σκεδάννυμαι, used only in pres. and impf., A. to be spread abroad or over, of the dawning day, ὑπεὶρ ἅλα κίδναται ἠώς Il. 23.227, cf. 8.1; ὀδμὰ κατὰ χῶρον κ. Fr. 129.6; κιδναμέναν μελιαδέα γᾶρυν prob. in 41: once in Trag., ὕπνος ἐπʼ ὄσσοις κ. Hec. 916 (lyr., v.l. for σκίδ-) ; κολοιῶν κρωγμὸς . . κιδνάμενος AP 7.713 (Antip.).
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