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[3] ἴφθιμος here, as in 24 other places (Knös), does not admit an initial “ϝ” and never requires it. Thus connexion with “ϝίς, ϝίφιος” is impossible, in spite of the nearness of sense. For a suggested etymology see Collitz in AJP. viii. 214-7. The feminine “ἰφθίμη” is also found, but only applied to women—e.g. 19.116. Ἄϊδι, a metaplastic dative of “Ἀΐδης”, which in H. always means the god, not his realm — with the exception, apparently, of 23.244. προΐαψε: “προ” implies ‘forth on their way,’ as in “προπέμπειν, προιέναι” (195, 442, etc.). “ἰαπ-” = iac-, so that “προΐαψεν” = “pro-iec-it” exactly.

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

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