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[194] βέομαι, I shall live, cf. “βέηι” 16.852, 24.131. It appears to be a present with fut. sense. “βείομαι” (22.431） may perhaps be aor. subj. (cf. H. G. § 80). The relation of the two forms to one another and to “βίος” is, however, doubtful. Acc. to G. Meyer Gr. § 499 “βει”- is the strong form, “βι”- the weak, both appearing in the pres. stem (cf. “τι?́ω: τείω”): in “βέομαι” the “ι” has become semivocalic and dropped out, as often. Fick, on the other hand, would read “βίομαι” for “βέομαι”, cf. Hymn. Ap. 528 “βιόμεσθα”. (See also Schulze Q. E. p. 246 note 2, van L. Ench. p. 442.) φρεσίν must be a comitative dat. in company with = in accordance with. But the whole phrase is obscure and unusual.

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

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