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[134] ἁδήσειεν, ‘should feel loathing,’ properly that which comes from satiety. With “ἅδην” cp. Lat. satur, satis. For the quantity and orthography of “α?̔́δην, α?δην, ἄδδην” cp. “κα^λός, κα_λός, κάλλος”, the variation arising from the influence of the Jod after the “δ” or “λ” sometimes being assimilated to the preceding consonant, sometimes only lengthening the vowel, and sometimes disappearing altogether. See Curtius, Gk. Etym. 572.

ὑπερφίαλος, like “ὑπερφυής”, and the Aeschylean “ὑπέρφευ”, has the sense of overgrown (from root “φυ”), which easily passes into that of overweening. With the change of vowel cp. “φυτόν” with “φῖτυ, μόλυβδος” with “μόλιβδος, λύγος” with Lat. lig-are. Curtius, Gk. Etym. 468. Schmidt J. says “ὑπερφίαλος” may come from *“ὑπερφέϝαλος”, like Boeot. “κλίος, ῥίοντας”, instead of “κλέϝος, ῥέϝοντας”, or “θίασος” instead of “θέϝασος”.

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

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