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[297] νηπιάας. The original form of the word was probably “νηπια”-ja. By the force of assimilation we then get distinct vowels in different cases; e.g. “νηπιέη, νηπιέῃ”, and “νηπιάας”, the last vowel differentiating the preceding one. (See Curt. Explan. G. G. p. 114.)

ὀχέειν, ‘to practise,’ expresses a settled deliberate behaviour; so “ὕβριν ἔχοντες” inf. 368, “πένθος ἔχοντα” Od.10. 376, cp. “ἀγλαΐας φορέειν” Od.17. 244.οὐκέτι τηλίκος ἐσσί, cp. Od.17. 20“οὐ γὰρ ἐπὶ σταθμοῖσι μένειν ἔτι τηλίκος εἰμί”.

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

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