σφονδύλιος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

A Homeric hapax legomena, Iliad 20.483.

Noun

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]