εἶπον pres. in use is φήμι, ἀγορεύω, fut. ἐρέω, ἐρῶ, perf. εἴρηκα
I.to speak, say, Hom., etc.; in parenthesis, ὡς ἔπος εἰπεῖν so to say, Lat. ut ita dicam, Thuc., etc.; so, ὡς εἰπεῖν, ὡς ἔπος εἰπεῖν id=Thuc.
II.c. acc. pers. to speak to, address, accost one, Il.
2.to name, mention, id=Il.
4.c. dupl. acc. pers. et rei, to say or tell of one, ἀτάσθαλόν τι εἰπεῖν τινα id=Od.; κακὰ εἰπεῖν τινα Ar.
III.at Athens, to propose or move a measure in the ἐκκλησία, Thuc., etc.