Lesson XXVII
85 λελακυῖα : pf. act. ptc. fem. of λάσκω. Verbs for animal noises are often put into the perfect
tense. This is called the intensive perfect and is equivalent to a strengthened present tense.
See Smythe §1947. δεινὸν is adverbial.
86f. τῆς ἦ τοι φωνὴ μὲν ... αὐτὴ δ’ αὖτε ... : contrasts the impression Scylla’s voice may make
with her monstrous self.
87 γίνεται = γίγνεται; an Ionic form.
87f. οὐδέ κέ τίς μιν / γηθήσειεν ... οὐδ’ εἰ θεὸς ἀντιάσειε : Fut. Less Vivid construction (§285a
in Book 1).
91 ἐν is adverbial.
93 μέσση μέν τε κατὰ σπείους κοίλοιο δέδυκεν : “half-way she has sunk into the hollow cave”
(i.e., half of her body is hidden in the cave). δέδυκεν : 3 sg. pf. act of δύω. κατά here refers to
the “extent down or in from an opening” (cf. Cunliffe, κατά II.1.c).
95 περιμαιμώωσα = περιμαιμάουσα by assimilation (cf. the note at 6. 272, above).
96 ἕλῃσι : 3 sg. aor. subj. of αἱρέω in a subordinate clause expressing indefiniteness of time.
98 εὐχετόωνται = εὐχετάονται by assimilation (cf. the note at 6. 272, above).
99 κρατὶ : dat. of κάρη.