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[115] ὀσσόμενος (from “ὄσσομαι” (i.e. “ὀκ”-jo-“μαι”), Curt. Gk. Etym. 407). The first meaning of “ὄσσομαι” is simply ‘to see,’ cp. Od.7. 31; the secondary, ‘to have one's thoughts set on,’ ‘to see in one's mind's eye,’ generally with “θυμός” or “θυμῷ”. Cp. Od.20. 80“ὄφρ᾽ Ὀδυσῆα ὀσσομένη καὶ γαῖαν ὕπο στυγερὴν ἀφικοίμην”.

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

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