A Reading Course in Homeric Greek
- NOTES
57 πάππας is a 1st decl. m. noun (§4), although the nominative does not appear in Homer; the
word is colloquial and does not appear often in literature. οὐκ ἂν δή μοι ἐφοπλίσσειας: The
potential opt. in a question is equivalent to a polite request.
59 πλυνέουσα : The fut. ptc. here expresses purpose; cf. §199 in Book 1.
60 εόντα agrees with σέ understood, represented by σοι here in this line. ἔοικε here has the
meaning “it is fitting.” It takes the dative σοὶ αὐτῷ (“for you yourself ”) which is then
attracted into the accusative and infinitive construction ((σὲ) ἐόντα βουλὰς βουλεύειν...).
62 τοι = σοι. υἷες = υἱέες by hyphaeresis, the disappearance of ε before a vowel. (ὑφαίρεσις
means “omission.”) Note that υἱός can be declined in both the second and third
declensions. γεγάασιν is pf. of γίγνομαι : “are in a state of having been born” or, perhaps,
more simply, “live.”
63 μέμηλεν : pf. of μέλω with pres. force.
67 νόει = νόεε.
68 τευ ἄλλου : “anything else.” It is neuter.
70 ἀραρυῖαν : pf. ptc. of ἀραρίσκω.