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[65] ἀβροτάξομεν stands to “ἀμβροτεῖν” much as “ἀβρότη” to “ἀμβρόσιος” (see notes on 2.19, 651), the nasal having disappeared after generating the “β”. The suffix “-άζω”, however, is very peculiar, and should imply a noun-stem *“ἀβρότη” = “ἁμαρτία”. Possibly this may point to an old interpretation of “νὺξ ἀβρότη” as ‘the bewildering night,’ which would suit the passage where the phrase occurs (14.78). Cf., however, “νευστάζω” by “νεύω, ἀλυσκάζω” by “ἀλύσκω”.

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

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