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ἐνέπω , lengthd. ἐννέπω , both forms in Hom. and Pi. (
A.ἐνν-P.9.96, “ἐν-N.6.59), “ἐνν-Sapph.Supp.4.2; in Trag. only ἐνν-, exc.
E. in lyr., as Hipp.572,580 (anap.), Heracl.95 (lyr.), al.: pres. is used by Hom. only in imper. ἔννεπε, opt. “ἐνέποιμιOd.17.561, part. ἐνέπων, also 3sg. impf. ἔννεπε; pres. ind. not before Pi. ll. cc.; inf. Boeot. “ἐνέπινCorinn.Supp.2.73: impf. “ἤνεπονPi.N.10.79, Oall.Fr. 1.58P.: aor. 2 “ἔνισπον, ἔνισπεςIl.24.388, “ἔνισπε2.80; imper. “ἐνίσπεςIl.11.186, 14.470, Od.3.101, A.R.1.487, “ἔνισπεOd.4.642, A.R.3.1; subj. “ἐνίσπωIl.11.839; opt. ἐνίσποις, -οι, Od.4.317, Il.14.107; inf. “ἐνισπεῖνOd.4.323: fut. “ἐνισπήσω5.98, “ἐνίψω2.137, al. Pres. ἐνίσπω in later Poets, as Nic. Th.522, D.P.391:—tell or tell of,Διὸς δέ σφ᾽ ἔννεπε μῦθονIl.8.412; “τὸν Ἕκτορι μῦθον ἐνίσπες11.186; “νημερτέα πάντ᾽ ἐνέπονταOd.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, ΜοῦσαIl.2.761; “μνηστήρων . . θάνατον καὶ κῆρ᾽ ἐνέπουσαOd.24.414: abs., tell news or tales,πρὸς ἀλλήλους ἐνέποντε23.301, cf. S.El.1439 (lyr.): freq. in Tragg., who use ἐννέπω as a pres. to the aor. εἰπεῖν (aor. ἔνισπον only in imper. “ἔνισπεA.Supp.603, inf. “ἐνισπεῖνE.Supp.435); ἐνν.τινὶ ὅτι . . S.El.1367.
3. c. acc. et inf., bid one do so and so, Pi.P.9.96, S.OT350, OC932.
5. address, accost,τινάS.Aj.764. (In Hom. ἐνέπω, ἐννέπω, ἐνισπεῖν (Subst. ἐνοπή), = tell, relate; ἐνίπτω and ἐνίσσω (qq. vv., cf. ἐνι_πή), reprove, upbraid; Pi. and later Ep. used ἐνίπτω, = ἐνέπω.) (For the root, v. ἔσπον.
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