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[233] προμνηστῖναι, ‘one before another,’ or, as we say, ‘one after another.’ Eustath. supposes the word to be equivalent to “προμενετῖναι” (or, acc. to Buttm. “προμενέστιναι”), i. e. “μία μένουσα τὴν ἄλλην”. It is more probably a lengthened form of “πρόμος”, analogous in structure to “ἀγχιστῖνοι” from “ἄγχι”. Cp. Od.21. 230“προμνηστῖνοι ἐσέλθετε, μηδ᾽ ἅμα πάντες”, where the meaning is sufficiently explained.

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

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