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[248] χαῖρε, intended as a blessing, ‘Be happy in this love.’

περιπλομένου. Eustath. “συμπληρουμένου οὐ μὴν καὶ πεπληρουμένου ἤδη”. Cp. N. A. 3. 16‘Quod si ita est neque ultra decimum mensem fetura mulierum protolli potest, quaeri oportet cur Homerus scripserit, Neptunum dixisse puellae ab se recens compressae, “χαῖρε . . τέκνα”,—sed Favorinus mihi ait “περιπλομένου ἐνιαυτοῦ” non confecto esse anno sed affecto. In qua re usus est verbo non vulgaris significationis; affecta enim, (sicuti M. Cicero et veterum elegantissimi locuti sunt) ea proprie dicebantur, quae non ad finem ipsum sed proxime finem progressa productave sunt.’ But it is not impossible to render “π. ἐ.” of the year coming to its close, if we take it as the short year of ten months. Cp. Virg. Ecl.4. 61‘matri longa decem tulerunt fastidia menses.’

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

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