σμερδ-ᾰλέος,α, Ion.
η,ον, Ep.
Adj.( Ar. Av. 553 is mock-heroic),
A. terrible to look on, fearful, δράκων
Il. 2.309
; of Odysseus when cast up by the sea, Od. 6.137 ;ς. κεφαλή, of Scylla, 12.91 ;χαλκὸς ς. bronzedire-gleaming, Il. 12.464 , 13.192 ; of armour of all kinds,σάκος, αἰγίς, ἀορτήρ, 20.260 , 21.401 , Od. 11.609 ;οἰκία ς., of Hades, Il. 20.65 ; ἔρις
Hes. Th. 710
; πόλισμα
Ar.
l.c.
2. terrible to hear, esp. in neut. asAdv., σμερδαλέον δ' ἐβόησε
Il. 8.92
, etc.;ς. κονάβησαν, κονάβιζε, 2.334 , Od. 10.399 : pl.,σμερδαλέα κτυπέων, of Zeus, Il. 7.479 ; ς. ἰάχων
5.302
. (Prob. cogn. with Skt.márdati'crush, crumble', Lat.mordere, OHG.smerzan, Engl.smart.)