σφεδανός

A. = σφοδρός, vehement, violent, στάσιες Xenoph. 1.23; γένυες (sc. λέοντος) AP 6.219.12 (Antip.); τόξον Euph. 9.10; κάρηαρ Nic. Th. 642; ῥοιζός Epic. in Arch.Pap. 7p.4.

II. Hom. only neut. sg. as Adv., eagerly, σφεδανὸν Δαναοῖσι κελεύων Il. 11.165, 16.372; σφεδανὸν ἔφεπ’ ἔγχεϊ 21.542 (Aristarch. and several codd. σφεδανῶν, from σφεδανάω, raging, cf. Theognost. Can. 12, Hsch.).