- πηδάω
- to spring up
- 1. to leap, spring, bound , ὑψόσε ποσσὶν ἐπήδα [8th/7th c.BC]; π. ἐς σκάφος [Refs 5th c.BC]; c. acc. cogn., πήδημα πηδᾶν to take a leap, [Refs 5th c.BC]; c. acc. loci, πεδία πηδᾶν to bound over them, [Refs 5th c.BC]; π. πλάκα [Refs 5th c.BC]
2. metaph. of an arrow, [8th/7th c.BC]; of the heart, to leap, throb , [5th/4th c.BC], etc.; of sudden changes, τί πηδᾶις εἰς ἄλλους τρόπου; [Refs 5th c.BC] (ML)