Gli epiteti di μάχη nella lingua omerica : Il caso di κυδιάνειρα e φθισίμβροτος.
This paper deals with a synchronic etymological analysis of both the epithets \u2018\u3bc\u3ac\u3c7\u3b7 \u3ba\u3c5\u3b4\u3b9\u3ac\u3bd\u3b5\u3b9\u3c1\u3b1\u2019 and \u2018\u3c6\u3b8\u3b9\u3c3\u3af\u3bc\u3b2\u3c1\u3bf\u3c4\u3bf\u3c2\u2019. In the first part, I analyse the term \u2018\u3ba\u3c5\u3b4\u3b9\u3ac\u3bd\u3b5\u3b9\u3c1\u3b1\u2019. From a semantic perspective, this term cannot be interpreted as a possessive compound whose FM follows the Caland\u2019s law, an observation that opens up other issues, which I tackle in my study. My hypothesis is that \u2018\u3ba\u3c5\u3b4\u3b9\u3ac\u3bd\u3b5\u3b9\u3c1\u3b1\u2019 was probably formed by analogy on the example of other compounds which show \ub0\u3ac\u3bd\u3b5\u3b9\u3c1\u3b1 as SM. In the second part, I analyse the term \u2018\u3c6\u3b8\u3b9\u3c3\u3af\u3bc\u3b2\u3c1\u3bf\u3c4\u3bf\u3c2\u2019 in order to verify Benveniste\u2019s hypothesis that the verbal governing compounds with marked word-order, namely whit verbal FM, imply \u2018an actual predicate of description\u2019. Therefore, the battle should \u2018destroy the mortals\u2019 only \u2013 or especially \u2013 in those passages in which the battle is defined as \u2018\u3c6\u3b8\u3b9\u3c3\u3af\u3bc\u3b2\u3c1\u3bf\u3c4\u3bf\u3c2\u2019. Curiously, the only occurrence of \u2018\u3bc\u3ac\u3c7\u3b7 \u3c6\u3b8\u3b9\u3c3\u3af\u3bc\u3b2\u3c1\u3bf\u3c4\u3bf\u3c2\u2019 (\u39d339) is characterized by a rare insistence on the dangers of the battle; moreover, the occurrence of \u2018\u3b1\u1f30\u3b3\u1f76\u3c2 \u3c6\u3b8\u3b9\u3c3\u3af\u3bc\u3b2\u3c1\u3bf\u3c4\u3bf\u3c2\u2019 (\u3c7297) connotes the aegis as a signal of inexorable and oncoming death, as it is described in the passage (\u3c7297-301). Although the occurrences of the term \u2018\u3c6\u3b8\u3b9\u3c3\u3af\u3bc\u3b2\u3c1\u3bf\u3c4\u3bf\u3c2\u2019 are very few, I conclude that the use of \u2018\u3c6\u3b8\u3b9\u3c3\u3af\u3bc\u3b2\u3c1\u3bf\u3c4\u3bf\u3c2\u2019 seems to uphold Benveniste\u2019s hypothesis
