1.6

A storm carries him and his crew away for 80 days before they make landfall.

ἡμέραν...νύκτα: acc. of extent of time (S. 1582; G. 538), a frequent construction in this section.

οὐρίῳ (sc. ἀνέμῳ): "with a tailwind," as above in 1.5.

ἔτι τῆς γῆς ὑποφαινομένης: "while the land was still visible" (S. 2058 and 2070; G. 589 and 590).

τῆς ἐπιούσης (sc. ἡμέρας): "in the course of the next day" (S. 1444).

ἡλίῳ ἀνίσχοντι: "at sunrise" (S. 1539 and 1540).

ἐπεδίδου: 3. sg. act. impf. of ἐπιδίδωμι, "the wind began increasing," inchoative imperfect (S. 1900), as is ηὐξάνετο later in the same sentence.

ἐπεγίνετο: impf. of ἐπιγίνομαι, "darkness came on."

παραδόντες: aor. part. of παραδίδωμι, "having given ourselves over to..."

ἑαυτούς: "ourselves" 3 pl. reflex. pron. used as a 1 pl. reflex. pron. (S. 1230).

ἐκλάμψαντος ἡλίου: "the sun having shown forth" (S. 2058 and 2070; G. 589 and 590).

περιηχουμένην: perf. part. of περιηχέω, "ringed all around," modifying νῆσον (note the graphic word order as this word is itself ringed with τραχεῖ..τῷ κύματι).

προσσχόντες: aor. part. of προσέχω, "having put in."

ἀποβάντες: aor. part. of ἀποβαίνω, "having gone ashore."

ὡς ἂν: with an implied potential optative (S. 1766a), "as you might expect from our suffering."

διαναστάντες: aor. part. from διανίστημι, "having gotten up."

ἡμῶν αὐτῶν: The reflexive adjective is being used substantivally and goes with the numerals in the μέν and δέ clauses (partitive. gen. after numerals: S. 1317).

παραμένειν...ἀνελθεῖν: infinitives of purpose (S. 2009) dependent on ἀπεκρίναμεν, "we chose...thirty of our men to remain, twenty to go."