εἶπον (root ϝεπ, cf. voco), ἔειπον, iter. εἴπεσκεν,
subj. εἴπωμι, εἴπῃσθα, aor. 1 εἶπα, 2 pl. εἴπατε: speak, say; strictly of an
utterance with regard to its tenor and ethical expression rather than
to the subject-matter (cf. ἔπος); hence
the word may signify ‘command’ with foll. inf.,
εἰπεῖν τε γυναιξὶν |
κληῖσαι μεγάροιο θύρα_ς, Od. 21.235; with nearer indication of the
feeling, εὐχομενος δ᾽ ἄρα εἶπεν,
Od. 7.330;
ὀχθήσα_ς δ̓ ἄρα εἶπε,
Il. 18.5; εἶπε
δ̓ ἄρα κλαίουσα, Il.
19.286; freq. w. obj., ἔπος, μῦθον,
ἀγγελίην, etc.; so w. acc. of person named, οὐδ᾽ ἢν Ἀγαμεμνονα εἴπῃς,
‘pronounce the name of,’
‘name,’ Il. 1.90
; ἔσται μὰν ὅτ᾽ ἂν αὖτε φίλην
γλαυκώπιδα εἴπῃ, i. e. when I shall hear him call me by
this name, Il. 8.373, Od. 19.334.
Georg Autenrieth. A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges. New York. Harper and Brothers. 1891.
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