From: Andrew Jarrette
Message: 63839
Date: 2009-04-16
>Kudos on your ability to read Homeric Greek from the original. I'd like to be able to do the same but although I've bought a Greek grammar and small dictionary, I can't seem to discipline myself enough to stick with it. I admire your skill.
> >> Homeric do: appears to be a shortening from the regular do:ma. It is
> found
> >> only in nom and acc, and once as a plural in Hesiod.
>
> >Is your knowledge of its occurrence in Hesiod from your ownership of his
> writings? ..
>
> No. It's from the big Liddel and Scott dictionary. Surprisingly, my
> Homeric grammar doesn't mention it, nor does my big Greek grammar. But I
> read Homer comfortably and often, and I meet the word frequently enough -
> though only in the singular. Hesiod is on my to-do list, but I enjoy Homer
> too much to move on.