[43] πρηνής: pred., explained by “ἐπὶ στόμα” on his face, in the second half-verse. cf. pronusque magister | volvitur in caput Verg. Aen. i. 115 f., “κὰδ᾽ δ̓ ἄῤ ἐπὶ στόμ̓ ἔωσε Π” 410.
στόμα: cf. Lat. os. ἔστη: inceptive; took his stand.This text is part of:
Homer's Iliad, Books IV-VI. Thomas D. Seymour. Boston. Ginn and Company. 1891.
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