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[5] ὑπερηνορεόντων (“ὑπέρ, ἀνήρ”) is usually in Od.the epithet of the “μνηστῆρες”. In the Iliad it is only used twice; of the Trojans, Il.4. 176; of Deiphobus, Il.13. 258.The word is in the form of a participle from a present “ὑπερηνορέω”, which is not found (cp. “ὑπερμενέων”); nor does the adjective “ὑπερήνωρ” occur in Homer, except as a proper name, Il.14. 516, though it is found in Hesiod , Hesiod Theog.995; Eur. Phoen.185.The change of the “α” to “η” is illustrated by “ἠνεμόεις” from “ἄνεμος”.

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