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[429] ἀμβροσίη, ‘sacred.’ Buttm. Lexil. s. v. shows that the three forms, “ἄμβροτος” Od.11. 330, “ἀβρότη” Il.14. 78, and “ἀμβροσίη”, are identical in meaning ‘immortal,’ i. e. in the most general sense ‘sacred,’ as partaking of a divine nature. Compare with the present passage “ὕπνου δῶρον” Il.7. 482, for when this epithet is applied to night, there is always a tacit reference to the refreshment of sleep. Cp. Il.24. 363“νύκτα δἰ ἀμβροσίην, ὅτε δ᾽ εὕδουσι βροτοὶ ἄλλοι”. See 445 inf.

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

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