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[710] τὸν … τιλλέσθην, so Hdt. ii. 61 “τὸν δὲ τύπτονται, οὔ μοι ὅσιόν ἐστι λέγειν” , and similarly ii. 42, 132; “κἀπεκοψάμην νεκρόν” Eur. Tro. 623 , etc. See H. G. § 140. 1; the verb has acquired a specialized sense by association, and with it the construction of other verbs expressing the same sense directly. The use is almost confined to verbs of ritual. Cf. note on 19.254.

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

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