"Cunliffe treats it as an aorist form, which is supported by the accentuation of the participle κῐών (kiṓn) but contradicted by the optative forms κιοίτην (kioítēn) and κίοιτε (kíoite).". κῐ́ον is a second aorist (not a first aorist), so we would expect these endings. CF. λάβοι in Od. 9:418, λίποιτο in Il. 3: 160, and many other examples.

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