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[424] κακκείοντες=“κατακείοντες”. According to Lobeck, (Rhemat. p. 192 foll.) “κεῖμαι”=“κέεμαι”, from unused “κέημι” of which the “ω” form would be “κέω”, and “κέω” or “κείω” might represent the shortest form of future. We find “κέων” Od.7. 342, “κείουσα 23. 292, κείω” Od.19. 340, “κειέμεν” Od.8. 315; subjunctive “κατακείομεν” Od.18. 419; imperative “κατακείετε” Od.7. 188; 18.408. Monro, H. G. § 59, speaks of a suffix yw as one form of the desiderative termination, quoting “κακκείοντες, πι-ομένα, δραίνεις”.

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

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