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[102] τεθναίη, may he lie dead, as “τέθναθι” 22.365, spoken to the dead Hector. Compare “τεθναίης” 6.164. Both optatives are ‘pure,’ expressing a wish. The accent of διακρινθεῖτε is due to the idea that it is contracted from “-είητε”. This is of course not the case; before the ‘heavy’ endings the opt. stem is formed with “-ι-” only, not “-ιη-” (H. G. § 83).
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