A.fasten together in rows, string, used by Hom. only in Ep. pf. Pass., ἠλέκτροισιν ἐερμένος [a necklace] strung with pieces of amber, Od.18.296, and plpf. Pass., “μετὰ δ᾽ ἠλέκτροισιν ἔερτο” 15.460; περὶ στήθεσσιν ἔερτο [μίτρη] A.R.3.868; τὸ εὖ εἰρόμενον a connected system, Plot.2.3.7.
II. after Hom.in Act., “στεφάνους εἴ.” Pi.N.7.77; “εἴ. τὰ θεῖα” Plu.2.1029c; insert, “εἰς βρόχον εἴρας τὸν τράχηλον” Zaleuc. ap. Stob.4.2.19 ad fin., cf. PMag.Par.1.259; esp. in speech, string together, ὁ εἴρας καὶ συνυφάνας ἕκαστα [λόγος] Ph.1.499; “θρῆνον” J.BJ6.5.3; “πολλὰ ὀνόματα” Philostr.VA 1.20, cf. 6.17; “οἱ μηδὲ δύο σχεδὸν ῥήματα δεξιῶς εἴρειν δυνάμενοι” S.E. M.1.98:—Pass., εἰρομένη λέξις continuous, running style, i.e. not antithetic or with balanced periods, Arist.Rh.1409a29.
2. εἰρόμενον, τό, 'dossier' of documents, Mitteis Chr.184.9 (iii A.D.); “εἰ. τραπεζιτικόν” PLips.9.22. (Etym. dub., cf. either Lat. sero or Lith. vérti 'thread'.)