A grammar of the Homeric dialect - Wilbourhall.org

170.] SINGULAR. 159
binations such as - ojuuAo? are repTro'/meyot only found when there is
some pause between the words ;
otherwise the Genitive would be
used (construed
as in Tpwcoz; Kare8v 8e7ras afji(f)LKVTTX\ov (TTTLoravTs Trapa vfjas l(rav irdXiv.
Even
the Verb is made Sing, in II. 16. 264 ot 8' &\KL{JLOV r\rop exoz/res
7rpoV(ra> Tras Trererat KO! a/xwet oto-t rocecnn : but this is a slight
boldness of expression.
at 8'
On the same principle we may explain the Sing, in Od. 4. 300
Ivav ec joteyapoio baos jotera xepo"iz> tyovcrai (
= each with a torch
in her hands)', II. 13. 783 rerujujue'ya) Kara x e *-P
a (^^ of the two)
wounded in the hand ; II. 3. 235 ovs Ktv v yvoir)v Kat T ovvo^a
IJLvdrjcraiiJirjv.
So in II. 17. 260 r 8' aAAaif rts Kez; . . owo/xar'
etTrot we should doubtless read ovvo^a (fetTrot).
Similarly the Dual is used of a group of pairs :
II. 16. 370 'TroAA.oi 8' kv rafypto epixrapjutare? a>Kees linrot.
a^avr GV TTptoTij) pVjJLto XLTTOV a/)/xar' avaKT(t)V
Avhere the Dual aavT (like the Sing, /ou/xcp)
refers to one chariot.
Probably, too, we should read ap/xa avanTav e. (i. FCLVCLKTUV).
So
II. 23- 3^ ^ ^' ^a 7r^ rf 1' S'
6^)' tTTTrottV juaartyas aeipav, Od. 2O.
348 o(T(re 8' apa (r^ecoy baKpvo
. . VTI'
yxo? f]fjiTpoio before the spear of one of us. The distributive
TLS is equivalent to a Plural.
Hence a peculiar vague use of the Plural, as II. 3. 49 wov
avbp&v alwr]Td(Dv the bride of some warrior's son (lit. daughter-in-