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[327] ἐθόωσα, ‘I sharpened it.’ His men did the rougher part of the work, making the wood generally smooth and taper, while Odysseus gives the shape of the point. If “θοόω” come from the same 100t as “θοός” and “θέω”, we must look for the point of contact in the idea of ‘sharp,’ which signifies ‘quick’ as well as ‘pointed.’ But “θοόω” may belong to another root altogether. Eustath. says “θοὸν καὶ ὀξὺ συνώνυμά εἰσι: θοὸν δέ, τὸ μὴ ἁπλῶς ταχύ, ἀλλὰ τὸ τμητικὸν ἐν τῷ ἄκρῳ, ὁμωνύμως ἔχει”.

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

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