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[125] ι<*>έρευτο gives us a dilemma. If it is plpf. there is no reduplication (“ι^”); if it is imperf., the non-thematic termination is unexplained. A derivative verb in -“εύω” is the last place where we should expect either irregularity. If again we read “ἵρευτο” we introduce a rhythm which is decidedly rare. And in any case we want the imperf. rather than plpf., for the use of this tense in the later sense, to mean had been slain, is very rare in H. On the whole it seems best to acquiesce in regarding the verb as imperf., assimilated perhaps by false archaism to old forms like “στεῦτο” etc.

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

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