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[114] πεφύκασι, for which some read “πεφύκει”, has here a short penult. In v. 128 we have the form “πεφύα_σι”. There are only two instances of this short ending in Homer, viz., “πεφύκα^σι”, as here, and “λελόγχα^σι” Od.11. 304.‘For other examples in Ionic, see Curt. Verb. ii. 166. In these forms the “α^” belongs to the ending, since “-α^σι” is for “-α^τι”, which corresponds to the “-ντι” of the Doric “φα-ντι”. The forms in “-α_σι” are of later origin.’ Monro, H. G. § 5, cp. also § 7.

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

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