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Ancient Greek
Etymology
A Homeric hapax legomena, Iliad 20.483.
Noun
σφονδύλιος • (sphondúlios) ? (indeclinable)
- one of the vertebrae of the neck
- 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