Κυδοίμεον

they were causing a ruckus

Translated by William Hutton25 Apr 2008Vetting: high4 revisions

2 notes · 20 words

[Meaning] they were causing a disturbance.¹ Also [sc. attested is] kudoimh/swn ["he being about to cause a ruckus"] [used] likewise.²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Κυδοίμεον· ἐθορύβουν. καὶ Κυδοιμήσων ὁμοίως.

Betacode

*kudoi/meon: e)qoru/boun. kai\ *kudoimh/swn o(moi/ws.

The headword occurs in Homer, Iliad 11.324 (web address 1) as a third-person plural imperfect active indicative verb (with dual forms in the subject). The same form could also be first-person singular ("I was causing a ruckus"), but is not attested as such.
1cf. the scholia to Homer, Iliad 11.324; Etymologicum Magnum 543.35; Adler also cites the Ambrosian Lexicon (1930). ↩
2Attested outside lexicography only at Homer, Iliad 15.136 (web address 2); cf. scholia ad loc.
cf. generally kappa 2620, kappa 2622. ↩

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