"[Greek: Sphidê]."--The meaning of this word is wanted. It is not in
Stephens' _Thesaurus_. It occurs in Eichhoff's _Vergleichung der Sprachen
Europa und Indien_, p. 234.:
"Sanscrit _bhid_, schneiden, brechen; Gr. [Greek: phazô]; Lat. fido,
findo, fodio; Fr. fends; Lithuan., fouis; Deut. beisse; Eng. bite" [to
which Kaltschmidt adds, beissen, speisen, fasten, Futter, Butter, Mund,
bitter, mästen, feist, Weide, Wiese, Matte]; "Sans. bhidâ, bhid,
Spaltung, Faser; Gr. [Greek: sphidê], Lat. fidis; Sans. bhittis,
graben; Lat. fossa; Sans. bhaittar, zerschneider; Lat. fossor."