- ἠπεδανός
- ἠπεδανόςGrammatical information: adj.Meaning: `weak, light, slight, halting' (Il.).Origin: XX [etym. unknown]Etymology: Formation as ῥιγεδανός, πευκεδανός (Chantraine Formation 362, Schwyzer 530, Risch 98) but further like several emotional adjectives unclear. Bezzenberger BB 1, 164 and Charpentier KZ 40, 442ff. compare Lith. opùs `soft, receptive, invalid' (beside it *ἦπος n. as ῥῖγος to ῥιγεδανός Risch), Skt. apuvā́ `a disease' (see K. Hoffmann Corolla linguistica 80ff., who connects also OP afuvā). Other proposals by Schulze Q. 148 n. 4, Prellwitz KZ 47, 299f. (cf. Kretschmer Glotta 10, 240f.), Glotta 19, 125. See also Fraenkel Lit. et. Wb. s. opà and Specht Ursprung 345.Page in Frisk: 1,639-640
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.