σφεδανός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

The word shares the formation with ἐδανός (edanós), ἰδανός (idanós), σκεπανός (skepanós) and στεγανός (steganós). Together with σφοδρός (sphodrós, violent), it may reflect a heteroclitic "r/n" stem, but this is uncertain. Possible Greek cognates are σφαδάζω (sphadázō, to be strongly moved or excited) and σφενδόνη (sphendónē, sling).

Pronunciation

 

Adjective

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

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

Inflection

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