E. in lyr., as Hipp.572,580 (anap.), Heracl.95 (lyr.), al.: pres. is used by Hom. only in imper. ἔννεπε, opt. “ἐνέποιμι” Od.17.561, part. ἐνέπων, also 3sg. impf. ἔννεπε; pres. ind. not before Pi. ll. cc.; inf. Boeot. “ἐνέπιν” Corinn.Supp.2.73: impf. “ἤνεπον” Pi.N.10.79, Oall.Fr. 1.58P.: aor. 2 “ἔνισπον, ἔνισπες” Il.24.388, “ἔνισπε” 2.80; imper. “ἐνίσπες” Il.11.186, 14.470, Od.3.101, A.R.1.487, “ἔνισπε” Od.4.642, A.R.3.1; subj. “ἐνίσπω” Il.11.839; opt. ἐνίσποις, -οι, Od.4.317, Il.14.107; inf. “ἐνισπεῖν” Od.4.323: fut. “ἐνισπήσω” 5.98, “ἐνίψω” 2.137, al. Pres. ἐνίσπω in later Poets, as Nic. Th.522, D.P.391:—tell or tell of, “Διὸς δέ σφ᾽ ἔννεπε μῦθον” Il.8.412; “τὸν Ἕκτορι μῦθον ἐνίσπες” 11.186; “νημερτέα πάντ᾽ ἐνέποντα” Od.17.549; εἴ τινά μοι κληηδόνα πατρὸς ἐνίσποις if thou couldst tell me any tidings of my father, 4.317; ἄνδρα μοι ἔννεπε tell me the tale of . ., 1.1; “τίς . . ἄριστος ἔην, σύ μοι ἔννεπε, Μοῦσα” Il.2.761; “μνηστήρων . . θάνατον καὶ κῆρ᾽ ἐνέπουσα” Od.24.414: abs., tell news or tales, “πρὸς ἀλλήλους ἐνέποντε” 23.301, cf. S.El.1439 (lyr.): freq. in Tragg., who use ἐννέπω as a pres. to the aor. εἰπεῖν (aor. ἔνισπον only in imper. “ἔνισπε” A.Supp.603, inf. “ἐνισπεῖν” E.Supp.435); ἐνν.τινὶ ὅτι . . S.El.1367.
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ἐνέπω , lengthd. ἐννέπω , both forms in Hom. and Pi. (