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[587] φάνεσκε. This iterative tense is supposed by some to be formed from “ἐφάνην”, others refer it to “ἔφανον”, 2 aor. act. with intransitive force. Anyhow, the formation is from an aorist stem, as “εἴπε-σκε, ἐρητύ-σα-σκε, ὤσα-σκε”. The word occurs again in Il.11. 64, and Hesiod. Frag. 44. 3.

καταζήνασκε implies a present “καταζαίνω”, cp. “ἀζάνεται δένδρεαh. Hom. Ven. 271, “αἴγειρος ἀζομένη Il.4. 487.

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