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[109] ἔχετε, imper. rather than indic. It is not clear whether it is to be taken intrans., hold on, i.e. be patient; or trans., accept, endure, whatever ill he sends you. The latter, though not a common use of “ἔχειν”, is sufficiently supported by Od. 11.482 “ἔχω κακά”. In fact the distinction between the two is very slight, for even if we do not take the relative clause as the direct object of “ἔχετε” it still represents an adverbial accus.

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

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