Homeric δέχαται (<I>Il.</I> 12.147) Reconsidered

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  • Ruobing Xian Fudan university, Shanghai

Abstract

The form, from δέχομαι, is neither a shortened perfect nor an athematic root-present, but an artificial form built upon the well-attested participle (ποτι/ὑπο)δέγμενος, perhaps facilitated by similarity to ἕαται/κέαται.

Author Biography

Ruobing Xian, Fudan university, Shanghai

associate professor of classics, department of history

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2022-12-01

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