Walter Leaf, Commentary on the Iliad (1900), Book 14 (Ξ）, line 386

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[386] τῶι, apparently “ἄορι”, μιγ̂ηναι meaning ‘to meet, come in contact with’; a strange use. According to the regular sense of the Homeric formula “μιγήμεναι ἐν δαῒ λυγρῆι” the words should mean ‘it is not permitted for him (or it) to join in the battle,’ which is senseless here. We might translate it is not permitted (to mortals) to join in battle with it (instrum. dat., using it as a weapon), but this is little better.

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

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