οὖρος
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Κρήτῃ ἐπίουρον. οἱ μὲν κατ’ ἀναστροφὴν ἀναγινώσκουσιν, καὶ περισπῶσι τὴν οὖρον, ἵν’ ᾖ ἐπὶ τῇ Κρήτῃ φύλακα· οἱ δὲ περισσήν φασιν εἶναι τὴν ἐπί, ὡς καὶ “βοῶν ἐπιβουκόλος ἀνήρ.” ἡμεῖς δὲ συνθέτως ἐπίουρος, οἷον ἐπιφύλαξ, ὃν τρόπον καὶ ὁ τεκτονικὸς λέγεται [δὲ] ἐπίουρος ὁ ἐπιφυλάσσων καὶ συνέχων τὰ συναρμοζόμενα ξύλα.
Translation (En)
Krētēi epiouron (Il. 13.450). Some read it with anastrophe <of the preposition>, and have a circumflex on οὖρον, so that it is the "guardian over Crete". Others say that the prefix is redundant, as in"boōn epiboukolos anēr". However, we argue that it is a compound of epi and ouros, in the same way that a carpenter is said to be an epiouros, someone who watches over and keeps together the assembled wooden pieces
Parallels
Apollonius Soph., Lexicon homericum, p. 73 (ἐπίουρος. εἰ μὲν ἡ πρώτη ὀξυτονοῖτο, δύο μέρη λόγου εἰσίν, ἔπεστιν οὖρος, ὅ ἐστι φύλαξ, ὡς μεταφορικῶς ὁ ξύλινος ἐπίουρος)
Comment
The word is correctly analysed as consisting of two different words, with the preposition ἔπι being used as a postposition (anastrophe). This is expressed differently p. 73: δύο μέρη λόγου εἰσίν "they are two words". This analysis predates that of Aristarchus, who argued that the word was a compound. Apollonius follows Aristarchus. However, he provides the correct interpretation, which is not recorded in the Homeric scholia.