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[360] ἦνοψ is a word of most uncertain derivation. If, with the ancients, we compound it of “ἀ” and “ὄψ”, to make it mean ‘dazzling’ or ‘blinding,’ we may compare Il.13. 340“ὄσσε δ᾽ ἄμερδεν”

“αὐγὴ χαλκείη κορύθων ἄπο λαμπομενάων”. Modern philologists suggest a root van, from va, “ϝα”, ‘to shine,’ or refer the word to Skt. vas, ‘to burn,’ as if “ἦνοψ” passed through a form “ϝασ-” “νος”. Düntzer proposes to connect it with root “ἀν”, ‘to complete,’ as in “ἄνω, ἀνύω”.

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

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