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[754] μεμαώς, the “α” is elsewhere found long only when followed by “ο” (“μεμαότες” 2.818, where see note, “μεμαότε” 13.197). The other passages all have -“α^ω”- (about eighty-five times in H.). We may compare “τεθνηῶτα” by “τεθνεῶτι”. See H. G. § 26. 1. The “α” is naturally short (“μα” = “μν”, weak form of “μον- μεν”-). The “α_” in “μεμαότε” may be due to metrical necessity, and in “μεμαώς” here to the analogy of that form. But see Schulze Q. E. p. 366 note, where he assumes another root “μα_”: “μα^”, cf. “μαιμα?ει”.

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

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