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[672] ναυτίλλεται. See Curtius, Verb. p. 322, ‘This apparent present subjunctive may be taken as an aorist, whether we write “ναυτι?λεται”, or assume an Aeolic form, like “ὀφέλλειεν” Il.17. 651.’ Monro, H. G. § 82, adopts “ναυτίλεται”, aor. subj., remarking that there are no clear instances of thematic stems forming the subjunctive with the short vowel. ‘That he may bring to a miserable end that voyage of his in search of his father.’ There is a sort of sneer implied in the word, as when Sophocles uses it to describe a careless sailor ‘finishing his voyage in a capsized ship,’ “ὑπτίοις κάτω”

“στρέψας τὸ λοιπὸν σέλμασιν ναυτίλλεται” Antig. 716.

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

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