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[288] βλεῖο, opt. of the aor. “ἐ-βλή-μην”: Cobet's “βλῆιο” is wrong. “βλε”- is the weak form of “βλη”-, but the opt. is here formed with -“ι”- instead of the regular -“ιη”- of the sing. (“βλείης” is quoted from Epicharmos). The subj. is “βλήεται,Od. 17.472. πονεύμενος, in stress of war, 15.447, etc. εἴ πέρ κε with opt. here has been doubted, and Thiersch proposed “καί” for “κε”. But Lange has shewn (EI p. 503) that “κε” alone is right.

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