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[425] ἀγοστῶι, a word which occurs only a few times, always in this line in Homer (13.508, 520, 14.452, 17.315), and occasionally in later poets (Theokr. xvii. 129; Ap. Rhod.iii. 120 “μάργος Ἔρως λαιῆς ὑποΐσχανε χειρὸς ἀγοστόν” ). Benfey refers it to root a(n)g, to squeeze, so that it means ‘in his grasp.’ Apollonius Rhodius seems to take it for the palm of the hand.

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

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