κεδάννυμι

κεδάννῡμι, poet. for σκεδάννυμι, late in pres., AP 5.275 (Agath.); Ep. aor. Act. ἐκέδασσα Hom. (v. infr.), Opp. H. 1.412, 3 pl. κέδασαν Hsch., Pass. ἐκεδάσθην Hom. (v. infr.), κεδάσθη Orph. A. 557; plpf. Pass. κεκέδαστο A.R. 2.1112:—

• 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.

κεδάννυμι, [ῡ], = κεδάζω.

†κεδάννυμι

[(σ)κεδ-. = σκεδάννυμι.]

3 sing. aor. ἐκέδασσε Il. 5.88, Il. 17.283, 285: Od. 3.131, Od. 13.317, Od. 14.242.

3 pl. aor. pass. κέδασθεν Il. 15.657.

Nom. pl. masc. pple. κεδασθέντες Il. 2.398, Il. 13.739.

Genit. sing. fem. κεδασθείσης Il. 15.328, Il. 16.306.

• • 1

    To scatter, disperse: κύνας αἰζηούς τε Il. 17.283: Ἀχαιούς Od. 3.131= Od. 13.317, Od. 14.242.

    To break (ranks): Τρώων φάλαγγας Il. 17.285.

    Cf. Il. 15.328=Il. 16.306.

  • 2

    To scatter, carry away in destruction: γεφὐρας Il. 5.88.

  • 3

    In pass., to separate, scatter, take each his own way: οὐδὲ κέδασθεν ἀνὰ στρατόν Il. 15.657. Cf. Il. 2.398, Il. 13.739.

κεδάννυμι (parallel form of σκεδάννῡμι, employed for metrical convenience), aor. ἐκέδασσε, pass. aor. 3 pl. ἐκέδασθεν, κεδασθείς: disperse, scatter; γεφύρᾱς, ‘burst the dikes,’ Il. 5.88.

κεδάννυμι poet. for σκεδάννυμι

• to break asunder, break up, scatter, Hom.:—Pass., κεδασθείσης ὑσμίνης when the battle was broken up, i. e. when the combatants were no longer in masses, Il.