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[416] αὖθι (acc. to Etym. Mag. a syncopated form of “αὐτόθι”), serves here only to emphasise “ἔχειν”, as “αὖθι μένειν” Od.5. 208, ‘to remain there,’ sc. where they are put. ‘Longe frequentissimus est hic epexegesis usus apud adverbia “αὐτοῦ, αὐτόθι, αὖθι”, sicut pronomina demonstrativa et adverbia inde formata saepissime quasi duces consequentium explicationum adhiberi videmus’ L. Aulin, de usu epexeges. ap. Hom., Upsaliae 1858. Compare “αὐτόθ᾽ . . ἐν σπέσσι” Od.9. 29, “αὐτόθι ἀγρῷ” Od.11. 187, “αὖθι πάρ᾽ Ἀτρείδῃ 3. 156, αὐτοῦ τῷδ᾽ ἐνὶ δήμῳ” 2. 31; and for analogous constructions see Il.1. 270“τηλόθεν . . ἐξ ἀπίης γαίης”, Od.3. 318“ἄλλοθεν εἰλήλουθεν . . ἐκ τῶν ἀνθρώπων”, Od.11. 69“ἐνθένδε κιὼν δόμου ἐξ Ἀίδαο”.

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

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