σφεδανός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From a root σφεδ- (sphed-) + the suffix -ανός (-anós) shared also with ἐδανός (edanós), ἰδανός (idanós), σκεπανός (skepanós), and στεγανός (steganós). Together with the related term σφοδρός (sphodrós, violent), σφεδανός (sphedanós) may reflect a heteroclitic "r/n" stem, but this is uncertain. Compare perhaps σφαδᾴζω (sphadāízō, to be strongly moved or excited) and σφενδόνη (sphendónē, sling).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Adjective

σφεδᾰνός • (sphedănósm (feminine σφεδᾰνή, neuter σφεδᾰνόν); first/second declension

  1. vehement, violent, raging
    Synonyms: ἐπῐζᾰ́φελος (epĭzắphelos), σφοδρός (sphodrós)

Inflection

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “σφεδανός”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1429

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