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[94] ἤνις according to the old expl. from “ἔνος” (“ἐνιαυτός”), ‘one year old.’ The word occurs only in this connexion (cf. 10.292 = Od. 3.382), so that the meaning can only be guessed. The same is the case with ἠκέστας, which recurs only 275, 309, and is commonly explained untouched by the goad, as if “ἀ - κέστας” (“κεντέω”). But there is no excuse of necessity for the lengthening of the “ἀ”, nor sufficient parallel for the change to “ἠ-” (see App. D).

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

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