τὠμῷ τ᾽ ἀνδρὶ: for τε irregularly followed by ἢ (447), cp. Plat. Ion 535 D “ὃς ἂν...κλαίῃ τ᾽ ἐν θυσίαις καὶ ἑορταῖς, μηδὲν ἀπολωλεκὼς τούτων, ἢ φοβῆται.” τῇδε τῇ νόσῳ, the violent passion of love: cp. 544: this was prob. the sense in fr. 615 (from the Phaedra), “νόσους δ᾽ ἀνάγκη τὰς θεηλάτους φέρειν”. But in 491 the meaning is different. μεμπτός: for the active sense, cp. O. T.969 n.
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