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[151] μερμήριξα (from “μέρμερος” Il.8. 453; 10. 289, etc.) is not connected with the root “μερ”, from which “μέρος” and “μείρομαι” come, but with root “μερ” or “μαρ”, Skt. smar, (Lat. me-mor), signifying ‘care’ or ‘thought.’ That the former of the two derivations was generally accepted, may be inferred from the existence of such Latin phrases as ‘animum dividere,’ ‘animum curae divorse trahunt,’ but see Curt. G. E. p. 296. The common construction in Homer with “μερμηρίζω” is with “ὡς” or “ὅπως” or with “ἢ . . ἦ”. Here and inf. 438, and Od.24. 235, it is followed by the infin. only.

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

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