σφονδύλιος

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Ancient Greek[edit]

Etymology[edit]

A Homeric hapax legomena, Iliad 20.483.

Noun[edit]

σφονδύλιος • (sphondúlios) ? (indeclinable)

  1. one of the vertebrae of the neck
    1. μυελὸς αὖτε σφονδυλίων ἔκπαλθ', ὃ δ' ἐπὶ χθονὶ κεῖτο τανυσθείς. (Iliad 20.483) and the marrow sprang forth

from the spine; and Deucalion lay extended on the ground [Buckley]

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