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[34] προσέλεκτο may be rendered ‘accubuit;’ but this in the sense rather of ‘reclined at my feet,’ than ‘lay by me.’ For, although it is night time, there is no mention of the “εὐνή”, as in Od.10. 334, nor is the idea of ‘lying’ quite compatible with “εἷσε” (root “ἑδ” = Lat. ‘sed’). The Scholl. seem to have found some difficulty in “προσέλεκτο”, for they interpret it variously by “παρέκλινεν ἑαυτήν, ἐκοίμησε”, and “προσδιελέξατο” or “προσεῖπε”, the last explanation being of course quite untenable, as the word belongs to the stem “λεχ-”, not “λεγ-”.

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

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