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[138] φαεσί-μβροτος (like “φθισί-μβροτος” Od.22. 297, and later forms, as “κλεό-μβροτος, ἄ-μβροτος”) shows the connection of “βροτός” with the root “μορ”. By the insertion of “β, μροτός” (“μορτός”) becomes “μβροτός”, and the initial “μ” falling off leaves the ordinary form “βροτός”.

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

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