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[282] ὄσσαν ἐκ Διός. So Il.2. 93“ὄσσα δεδήει . . Διὸς ἄγγελος”. All that is meant is ‘rumour,’ of which the human origin cannot be traced, as opposed to the report of an eye-witness (“ἤν τίς τοι εἴπῃσι βροτῶν”). Ameis compares Soph. O. R.43“εἴτε του θεῶν φήμην ἀκούσας εἴτ᾽ ἀπ᾽ ἀνδρὸς οἶσθά που”.

ὄσσα is connected with root “ϝεπ”, (cp. “ἔποσ-ὄψ-”); the “π” appearing as “κ” or c in Skt. vak, Lat. voc-is ‘a voice.’

Homer's Odyssey. W. Walter Merry. James Riddell. D. B. Monro. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1886-1901.

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