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[539] δορπέομέν τε καὶ ὤρορε, this is equivalent to saying ‘since the bard was moved to sing as we sat at supper.’ Commentators differ as to the tense of the intrans. ὤρορε, but it certainly should be taken as an aorist, and δορπέομεν for the unaugmented imperfect. The objection to take “ὤρορε” as a perfect (which some maintain) is that the normal form of the perf. is “ὄρ-ωρ-ε”, with the regular strong form of the root.

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

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