And Odysseus pondered whether he should leap upon him and take his life with his staff, or seize him round about, and lift him up, and dash his head upon the ground.
ὁ δὲ μερμήριξεν Ὀδυσσεὺς ἠὲ μεταΐξας ῥοπάλῳ ἐκ θυμὸν ἕλοιτο , ἦ πρὸς γῆν ἐλάσειε κάρη ἀμφουδὶς ἀείρας . [0]
ὁ δέ μερμηρίζω Ὀδυσσεύς ἠέ μεταίσσω ῥόπαλον ἐκ θυμός αἱρέω , ἤ πρός γῆ ἐλαύνω κάρα ἀμφουδίς ἀείρω .