A.“-σκεδω^” S.OT138 (poet. also “ἀποκεδ-” A.R.3.1360, tm.):—scatter abroad, disperse, “ἄλλους μὲν ἀπεσκέδασεν βασιλῆας” Il.19.309; “ψυχὰς μὲν ἀπεσκέδασ᾽ ἄλλυδις ἄλλῃ” Od.11.385; “σκέδασον δ᾽ ἀπὸ κήδεα θυμοῦ” 8.149; ἀ.μύσος S.l.c.; ἀντιπάλων ὕβριν ἀπεσκέδασαν Epigr. ap. D.18.289:—Pass., to be scattered, “τῶν ἐκ Τροίης ἀποσκεδασθέντων” Hdt.7.91; straggle away from, “ἀπὸ τοῦ στρατοπέδου” X.An.4.4.9; “τῆς φάλαγγος” Id.HG5.4.42: —Med., repel and scatter, “τὸν τοιόνδε φλύαρον” Pl.Ax.365e.
ἀποσκεδάννυ_μι or -ύω, fut. -σκεδάσω, contr.