Ep. for εἴθε, as αἰ for εἰ, in Hom.
A αἴθ' ὄφελες Il.1.415,al.
αἴθε: Ἐπ. ἀντὶ εἴθε, ὡς αἰ ἀντὶ εἰ, παρ’ Ὁμ. αἴθ’ ὄφελες, Ἰλ. Α. 415, καὶ ἀλλ.
c. εἴθε.