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[446] ὀϊζυρώτερον, an exception to the usual rule for the formation of comparatives. No doubt it is due to purely metrical reasons, for it is obvious that “ὀϊζυρότερος” could not be used in a hexameter; similarly “κακοξεινώτερος” (Od. 20.376), but “λαρώτατος” (Od. 2.350) doubtless stands for “λα”（“ϝ”）“ερώτατος”, in which case the “ω” will be regular. For the couplet compare Od. 18.130-31 “οὐδὲν ἀκιδνότερον γαῖα τρέφει ἀνθρώποιο πάντων κ.τ.λ.”

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

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