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[450] ἔνδιος, formed in the same way as “ἐνθύμιος, ἐνύπνιον”, from root “διϝ” (shine), Skt. div, seen in Lat. div-us, dies, etc. So “ἔνδιας” signifies ‘in full light of day,’ i. e. ‘at noon.’ Cp. Il.13. 837“αἰθέρα καὶ Διὸς αὐγάς”. See Aelian. de animal. 9 “αἱ φῶκαι . . μεσημβρίας οὔσης καθεύδουσι τῆς θαλάττης ἔξω”. Buchholz, Hom. Real. 2. 146, quotes from Erhard, Fauna der Cycladen, to the effect that one species of seal is common in that part of the Mediterranean, and that the natives call the holes in which the seals hide “φωκότρυπαι”.

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

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