σκίδνημι
skidnemi
disperse
Appears 10 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
σκίδνημι, collat. form of σκεδάννυμι (q.v.), A. disperse, 91, SD 1.5, 2.933d; used by in compd. διασκίδνημι. II. mostly Pass. σκίδναμαι, only pres. and impf., to be spread or scattered, disperse, freq. of a crowd or assembly, αὐτοὶ δʼ 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 ἐσκίδναντʼ ἰέναι 24.2; σκίδνασθʼ ἐπὶ ἔργα ἕκαστος Od. 2.252; ἐσκίδναντο ἑὰ πρὸς δώμαθʼ ἕκαστος ib.258; of foam or spray, ὑψόσε δʼ ἄχνη σκίδναται Il. 11.308; of a cloud of dust, ὕψι δʼ ἀέλλη σκίδναθʼ ὑπὸ νεφέων 16.375; of a stream, ἀνὰ κῆπον ἅπαντα σκίδναται Od. 7.130; also ὀδμὴ σκίδνατο h.Cer. 278; ὂψ σκιδναμένη Th. 42; σκιδναμένα 41 codd. (f.l. for κιδν-); σκιδναμένης ἐν στήθεσιν ὀργῆς f.l. in 27; σκιδναμένης Δημήτερος, i.e. at seedtime, in spring, Orac. ap. 7.142; ἅμα ἡλίῳ σκιδναμένῳ as the sun began to spread his light, i.e. soon after sunrise, 8.23; in of an odour, to be dissipated, Loc.Hom.2; of the distribution of τὸ πνεῦμα through the system, Morb.Sacr. 7; also of the pupils, to be dilated, αἱ κόραι σκίδνανται Int. 48 = Dieb.Judic. 3; elsewh. rare in Prose, Sens. 55,56; εὐωδία ἐκ πηγῆς -αμένη 2.941f (not found in good Att., except compd. ἀποσκίδναμαι in 6.98).
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