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εἶπον (pres. ἔπω is used by Nic.Al.429,490, etc., but the pres. in use is φημί, λέγω, ἀγορεύω (v. infr. IV), the fut. ἐρέω, ἐρῶ, the pf. εἴρηκα), Ep. and Lyr.
A.ἔειπονIl.1.552, al., Pi.O.4.25; subj. εἴπω (Ep. “εἴπωμιOd.22.392, -ῃσθα 11.224, -ῃσι Il.7.87); opt. εἴποιμι; inf. εἰπεῖν, Ep. -έμεναι, -έμεν, 7.375, 9.688, Dor. εἴπην (v. infr.); part. εἰπών: also aor. 1 εἶπα (“ἔειπαEmp.17.15, Theoc.22.153), ὅπερ εἶπα as I said, Satyr.Vit.Eur.Fr.39xvii 14, mostly in Ion. Prose, also Men. Pk.128, Herod.3.26, UPZ62.14 (ii B. C.), and the 2nd persons ind. and imper. of this form are preferred in Att., 2sg. ind. “εἶπαςIl.1.106, 108, etc.; imper. εἶπον (on the accent v. Hdn.Gr.1.460) Simon.154, Pl.Men.71d, Men.891, Theoc.14.11, εἰπάτω (“ἀν-ειπάτωIG22.1186.19 (iv B.C.), but ἀν-ειπέτω ib.1247.13 (iii B.C.)), -ατον, -ατε; 3pl. “εἶπανSIG 333.3 (Samos, iv B.C.), later “εἴπασανIG7.2225.51 (Thisbe); part. “εἴπαςPhilem.42, Aeol. “εἴπαιςPi.O.8.46, cf. Ael.Dion.Fr.156; in compds. Med. ἀπείπασθαι (q.v.), διείπασθαι (q.v.), but never in good Att.: (redupl. aor. 2 from ϝεπ- 'say'; ϝείπην only cj. in Alc.55, Sapph. 28.2; “ϝεῖπαιLeg.Gort.8.15; with ἔ-ϝειπον cf. Skt. avocam, redupl. aor. of vac- 'say'; cf. ἔπος):—speak, say, “ὣς εἰπώνIl.1.68, etc.; “τινί17.692, etc.; “εἰς ἅπανταςE.Hec.303; εἰπεῖν ἔν τισιν or μετά τισιν speak among a number, Il.10.445, 3.85, etc.: c. acc. cogn., ἔπος, μῦθον, θεοπρόπιον, οὐνόματα, etc., 3.204, 1.552,85, 17.260, etc.; “τινί τιOd.1.169, al.; τι Alc., Sapph. ll. cc., etc.; τι ἔς or πρός τινα, S.Tr.487, Aj.292; εἰπεῖν περί τινος, ἀμφί τινι, Od.15.347, 14.364: c. gen., πατρός τε καὶ υἱέος of them, 11.174; εἰπεῖν ὅτι or ὡς to say that . . , Il.17.655, Od.22.373, etc.: but also c. inf., Hdt.2.30, Th.7.35, Pl.Grg.473a, etc. b. recite, “ἔπηId.Ion 535b.
3. εἴποι τις as one might say, dub. l. in Plb.15.35.1; “ὥσπερ εἴποι τιςAr.Av.180 (s.v.l.); “ὡς εἴποι τιςD.Chr.64.5 (s.v.l.).
II. c. acc. pers., address, accost one, Il.12.210, etc.
2. name, mention, ib.1.90, etc.
3. call one so and so, “πολλοί τέ μιν ἐσθλὸν ἔειπονOd.19.334, cf. S.OC43, E.Med.465, etc.
5. celebrate, of poets, “Αἴαντος βίανAP7.2.6 (Antip. Sid.).
III. c. dat. pers. et inf., order or command one to . . , Od. 15.76, 22.262, etc.; also εἰπεῖν πρός τινα, c. inf., 16.151: c. acc. et inf., “εἶπον τὰς παῖδας δεῦρ᾽ ἄγειν τινάS.OC932, cf. Pl.Phd.59e, Herod. 6.26: folld. by ἵνα, freq. in NT, Ev.Matt.4.3, al.
IV. propose, move a measure in the assembly, “εἰπὼν τὰ βέλτισταD.3.12; εἰπεῖν τὰ δέοντα ib.15; “εἶπε ψήφισμαId.24.11: freq. as a formal prefix to decrees and laws, “Λάχης εἶπεTh.4.118, cf.IG12.24, al.; cf. ἀγορεύω.
VII. imper. εἰπέ sts. used in addressing several persons, Ar.Ach.328, Av.366, D.4.10.
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