[196] παιδὶ ὄπασσε, the hiatus may be due to the probably original length of the -“ι” of the dat. So we have “βασιλῆϊ Α᾿κάστωι” Od. 14.336, “μητρὶ ἔειπε” Od. 16.469, and in other parts of the line “πατρὶ ἐμῶι” 23.278, “ἄξονι ἀμφίς” 5.723 (and other instances in van L. Ench. p. 80).