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[196] It looks as though Ar. preferred the gen. sing. to the plural on the ground that the latter involved the use of “ἑ” as a plural (see App. A). It is, however, quite possible to retain the plural used generically, and yet take “ἑ” as sing. used of a particular instance, as is proved by Od. 4.691 —
“ἥ τ᾽ ἐστὶ δίκη θείων βασιλήων, ἄλλόν κ᾽ ἐχθαίρηισι βροτῶν, ἄλλόν κε φιλοίη”. Compare(Monro ut sup. and H. G. § 255. 1.)“ οἰκτρὰ γὰρ τὰ δυστυχῆ βροτοῖς ἅπασι, κἂν θυραῖος ὢν κυρῆι.
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