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[340] κολούετε (“κόλος, κυλλός”, and, perhaps, “κείρω”) does not refer to any possible withdrawal of gifts already promised; but to the limitation of the gifts to a smaller number than would be given, should Odysseus tarry a little longer: cp. “ἕο δ᾽ αὐτοῦ πάντα κολούει” Od.8. 211.With ξεῖνος ἐμός compare Od.7. 142.Eustath. joins οὕτω with κολούετε, as if “οὕτω” resumed the participle “ἐπειγόμενοι”, but it seems far better to couple it with “χρηίζοντι”, and make the expression directly antithetical to “πολλὰ ὔμμιν κτήματα”.

Homer's Odyssey. W. Walter Merry. James Riddell. D. B. Monro. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1886-1901.

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