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[219] ὄρνις, for the short “ι^” see note on 12.218. It is well supported here by the fact that the obvious “ἐν” for “ἐνί” has found so little acceptance in MSS. For “ὄρνις” in the sense of omen cf. 12.243 “εἶς οἰωνὸς ἄριστος ἀμύνεσθαι περὶ πάτρης”. It is not uncommon in later Greek; a familiar case is the “ὄρνις” of Pindar P. iv. 19 which consisted in the gift of a clod of earth.

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

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