κραδάων

κραδά̱ων, κράδη

quivering spray at the end of a branch: fem gen pl (epic aeolic)

κραδ-άω,

A = κραδαίνω, only in part.,

κραδάων δολιχόσκιον ἔγχος Il.7.213

, Od.19.438;

ὀξὺ δόρυ κραδάων Il.13.583

, 20.423.

II of trees, suffer from blight (

κράδη 11

), Thphr.HP4.14.4. (Cf. Skt. kū´rdati 'leap', Lat. cardo 'that which turns, pivot'.)

Grammatical information: v.

Meaning: `swing, brandish', midd. `tremble, be agitated'; κραδεύειν H. as explanation of κραδαίνειν (Hom.)

Other forms: only ptc. κραδάων; κραδαίνω (Il.)

Compounds: Rarely with prefix: ἐπι-κραδάω (A. R., Opp.); ἐπι-, δια-, συγ-κραδαίνω (Tim. Pers., Arist.); ἀνακραδεύει σείει, σαλεύει H.

Derivatives: κράδη f. `spray at the end of branches, twig, esp. of figs' (IA., Hes. Op. 681) with ἀπο-κράδιος `plucked from a fig' (AP), ἀπο-κραδίζω `pluck from a fig' (Nic.); also ` diseased formation of small shoots in a tree' with κραδάω `have κράδη' (Thphr.; cf. Strömberg Theophrastea 195); also name of a machine, that shows actors hovering in the air (Poll. 4, 128, H.). Also κράδος `blight in figtrees' (Thphr. HP 4, 14, 4), after Thphr. l. c. also name of the twig. - κραδησίτης φαρμακός ( 'scapegoat'), ὁ ταῖς κράδαις βαλλόμενος H. (cf. Redard Les noms grecs en - της 242 n. 29); κραδίης m. `prepared with fig-twigs, provided with...' (H., Hippon.); κραδιαῖος `connected with...' (Orph.); κράδαλοι κλάδοι H. κραδαλός `trembling' (Eust.).

Origin: XX [etym. unknown]

Etymology: On κραδευταί s. κρατευταί. That κράδη and κράδος with κραδάω (to which κραδαίνω as enlargement) belong together, seems certain; their relation however can be interpreted in different ways. Prob. κραδάω is a denomin., whereby for κράδη an original meaning `the swinging' can be assumed, what agrees well with the meanings `crown (of a tree)' and ` suspension-machine' (Fraenkel Denom. 19f.). Or κραδάω is as zero grade iterative derived from a lost primary verb (cf. Schwyzer 719 Mom. 4, Leumann Lat. Gramm.317c) to which κράδη, - ος is a backformation. Diff. (hardly correct) Schwyzer 682 and Chantraine Gramm. hom. 1, 356: κραδάω old (orig. athematic) root present. - [Hardly here κόρδᾱξ, a dance.] Hypothetical combinations in W.-Hofmann s. cardō, Pok. 934; s. also Fraenkel Lit. et. Wb. s. (pa)-kìrsti. - A very old root noun to κραδάω is supposed by SchulzeKZ 57, 75 = Kl. Schr. 217 in the IE word for `heart', Gr. κῆρ.

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