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[432] θῖνα (“θίς”) may be from the same root as “θέναρ”, ‘the thick of the hand,’ and perhaps etymologically identical with ‘dune,’ but see Curt. G. E. p. 230. Others, comparing it with “ῥηγμῖνι”, regard it as referring to the beating surf, and connect it with root “θεν” in “θείνω”: compare “θίν᾽ ἐνὶ φυκιόεντι” Il.23. 693.

εὐρυπόροιο. Compare “πόρους ἁλός” Od.12. 259, “πόροι ἁλίρροθοι” Aesch. Pers.367; Soph. Aj.412.The epithet of the earth corresponding to this is “εὐρυόδεια”.

Homer's Odyssey. W. Walter Merry. James Riddell. D. B. Monro. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1886-1901.

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