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[159] ἀωτεῖς only here and Od. 10.548 in H.; and in the famous Danaë ode, Simon. 50. 6.Schulze refers it to the root “ἀϝ” of “ἰαύειν” (“ἀϝ-ωτεῖν”), comparing “ἐρωτᾶν” by “εἴρομαι”. Connexion with the subst. “ἄωτος” is very doubtful. Cf. I 661.

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