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[237] σκέπαρνον (“σκεπ, σκάπ-τω”) is the ‘adze,’ for squaring and smoothing (cp. “ξέσσε” inf. 245). So in Soph. O. C.101 unsmoothed stone is called “ἀσκέπαρνος”.

ἐύξοος, this epithet only means that the “σκέπαρνον” had as good and smooth a handle as the “πέλεκυς”, unless it refers to the high polish of the blade. Anyhow, it cannot be taken actively in the sense of ‘smoothing.’

ὁδοῖο, a local genitive. ‘She was his guide—went first—on the way.’

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

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