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[276] αἰψηρ́ην must be taken predicatively (= “αἰψηρῶς” Ar.), ‘quick to disperse at his word.’ ‘The expression points to the fact that the quality “readiness to disperse” is more or less inherent in the subject. Cf. “αἰψηρὸς δὲ κόρος κρυεροῖο γόοιο” Od. 4.103, “αἰψηρὰ δὲ γούνατ᾽ ἐνώμα” 10.358’ (M. & R. on Od. 2.257). But in the last passage the MS. reading is “λαιψηρά”, though Lex. quotes “αἰψηρά. λαιψηρήν” occurs as a variant here and Od. 2.257, but “αἰψηρός” is metrically established in Od. 4.103.

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

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