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[311] ἀκέοντα. Probably “ἀκέων” was originally an adjective, compare “ἀκήν” sup. 82 note, from which it passed into an adverb. Buttm. Lexil. on the other hand regards it as always an adverb (“ἄκαον” neut. from “ἄκαος”, Ionicè “ἀκέων”), but sometimes declined. “ἀκέων” is found representing the feminine gender, Il.4. 22; 8. 459, and as plural, in Od.21. 89; h. Hom. Ap. 404. The feminine form “ἀκέουσα” occurs in Od.11. 142; Il.1. 565, and Nauck would read “ἀκέουσα” for “ἀέκουσα” Il.1. 348.The dual “ἀκέοντε” is found Od.14. 195.

ἕκηλον, root “ϝεκ”, Skt. vas/-mi = volo, Lat. in-vît-us quasi invictus. The parallel form “εὕκηλος” stands for “ἔϝκηλος. ἕκηλον” then denotes here the quiet mind, and thus makes no tautology with “ἀκέοντα”.

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

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