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[631] ἀκτήν is generally explained as meaning bruised meal, from root “ϝαγ” to break. We should, however, hardly expect to find the “ϝ” omitted in what would appear to be a very primitive phrase. Other derivations have been proposed, e.g. ac (Skt.) to eat (Benfey), or “ἀκ” to be sharp, as though referring to the ears of corn; Hesiod actually uses it of standing crops, Hesiod Opp. 466, [Scut. Her. 290]. In the former place “ἱερόν” supports the variant of Harl. a. For the scansion of ἱεροῦ see App. D (A 1).

The Iliad, edited, with apparatus criticus, prolegomena, notes, and appendices. Walter Leaf. London. Macmillan. 1900.

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