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204.]
"rno. 183
In one or two places it is applied to time : II. 16. 202 irdvO' VTTO
fji^viOfjiov all the time that my anger lasted ; so perhaps
II. 22. 102
vvyO' VTTO Trjvb' d\oi]v (but night is often regarded as a space of
darkness).
204.]
The Genitive with UTTO is found in two or three distinct
uses :
(i) with the force of separation from : as II. 17. 235 veKpov VTT
Atazrros tpvtiv from under Ajax ; Od. 9. 463 VTT' dpveiov
so II. 19. 17 oWe btivbv VTTO /3A.ez> &>s et cr
In this use the Gen. is ablatival, cp. 152. Originally u-n-o
with an Abl. probably meant upwards from
: see 192.
(2) of place under i
with contact (especially of
a surface] ;
as
II. 8. 14 VTTO yQovos eort fitpeOpov.
Od. 5- 346
To'8e K/)rj8ejuiz>oz> vita oreproto Tavvo-crai.
II. I.
501 Seftreprj 8' ap VTT ai'Oepe&vos eAoSo-a taking hold of
him under the chin.
4 I O6 VTTO (TTtpVOlO TV^O'aS.
16. 375 faffi
8' aeXAa iJ,VOS rj
V ae'flAco
176 /cat V TToXejuta) brjicav VTTO OvfjLOpa'ia-Tttov,
under the stress of an enemy (so 18. 220);
II. 23. 86 VT /ne . . riyayev vfjiercpovb' avbpoKTaa-iqs VTTO Xvyprjs
by reason of a homicide (committed by me).
As a sound is said to be over or about (Trepi, a/x^)t)
the person
hearing, so he is under the sound hence :
with a half metaphorical
meaning II. 15. 275 T&v * & v/no t'aX^ s tydvrj Xiy. So
(e.g.)
of other accompaniments, as II. 18. 492 ba'tbtov VTTO
by the light of blazing torches.