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[703] δυωδεκάβοιον, cf. 6.236, and 885 below. ἐνὶ σφίσι implies probably the rough test of a conversational estimate, as opposed to that of actual barter. The relation of τῖον to τίον in 705 is not clear. Some regard the “ι” as naturally long but capable of metrical shortening before another vowel (H. G. § 51. 1); others take the two forms as representing the strong (“τι_”-) and weak (“τι^”-) root-forms; “τι?ω” = “τι_-jω, τι?́ω” = “τι^-jω” (Schulze Q. E. p. 355). There is no good ground for introducing the Arkadian “τείω” into Homer.

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

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