μερμηρίζω , aor. μερμήριξα: ponder, wonder,
reflect, trans., think over, Od. 1.427; freq. w. δίχα, διάνδιχα, of a mind hesitating between two
resolves, Il. 1.189, Od. 16.73; foll. by ἤ (ἢ.. ἦ), also ὡς, ὅπως, and by inf., Od. 24.235;
‘imagine,’ Od.
16.256, 261.