A Reading Course in Homeric Greek
- NOTES
207 τὸν = ὃν, which is the direct obj. of κομέειν.
209 δότ’ : for the form, see §473 in Book I.
210 λούσατέ : λούω is a contracted form of λοέω, given in Lesson VII (§22). ἐπὶ is adverbial, “at
ha nd.”
211 ἔσταν = ἔστησαν.
212 εἷσαν : aor. of ἕζομαι with irregular augment. This form of ἕζομαι is transitive: “They had
Odysseus sit down beside the shelter.”
214 πὰρ = παρὰ. φᾶρός τε χιτῶνά τε εἵματ’ : εἵματα is predicative (“a mantle and a tunic for
clothing”).
216 λοῦσθαι : middle voice (“to wash himself ”).
218 οὕτω = οὕτως.
219 ὤμοιϊν : dual gen. of separation. ἀπολούσομαι (and χρίσομαι in 220) : aor. subj. in a purpose
clause (= ἀπολούσωμαι, χρίσωμαι); cf. §98b in Book 1. ἀμφὶ is adverbial.
220 ἦ γὰρ δηρὸν ἀπὸ χροός ἐστιν ἀλοιφή : “For truly ointment has been away from my skin for
a long time.”
221 ἂν gives the fut. ind. λοέσσομαι a less positive force (“I would not wash myself ”).