εἶπον

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. ἔειπον Il. 1.552, al., Pi. O. 4.25; subj. εἴπω (Ep. εἴπωμι Od. 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 (ἔειπα Emp. 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, UPZ 62.14 (ii B. C.), and the 2nd persons ind. and imper. of this form are preferred in Att., 2 sg. ind. εἶπας Il. 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-ειπάτω IG 2(2).1186.19 (iv B.C.), but ἀν-ειπέτω ib. 1247.13 (iii B.C.)), -ατον, -ατε; 3 pl. εἶπαν SIG 333.3 (Samos, iv B.C.), later εἴπασαν IG 7.2225.51 (Thisbe); part. εἴπας Philem. 42, Aeol. εἴπαις Pi. 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- ‘sayʼ; ϝείπην only cj. in Alc. 55, Sapph. 28.2; ϝεῖπαι Leg.Gort. 8.15; with ἔ-(ϝ)ειπον cf. Skt. avocam, redupl. aor. of vac- ‘sayʼ; cf. ἔπος):—

• speak, say, ὣς εἰπών Il. 1.68, etc.; τινί 17.692, etc.; εἰς ἅπαντας E. 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 τι Od. 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, ἔπη Id. Ion 535b.
    • 2 in parenthesis, ὡς ἔπος εἰπεῖν so to say, limiting a general statement, A. Pers. 714, etc.; speaking loosely, opp. ὄντως, Pl. Lg. 656e; opp. ἀκριβεῖ λόγῳ, Id. R. 341b; ὡς εἰπεῖν Th. 3.38, al., Pl. Phdr. 258e, al.; ὡς ἀξίως εἰπεῖν Arist. PA 651b36: without ὡς, οὐ πολλῷ λόγῳ εἰπεῖν Hdt. 1.61; ἐς τὸ ἀκριβὲς εἰπεῖν Th. 6.82; σχεδὸν εἰπεῖν Pl. Sph. 237c: καθόλου εἰπεῖν Arist. Cat. 12a27; ἡ ἁπλῶς εἰπεῖν ἀπόδειξις Id. APo. 75b23; τὸ ξύμπαν εἶπαι, εἰπεῖν, Hdt. 7.143, Th. 1.138.
    • 3 εἴποι τις as one might say, dub. l. in Plb. 15.35.1; ὥσπερ εἴποι τις Ar. Av. 180 (s.v.l.); ὡς εἴποι τις D.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 ἔειπον Od. 19.334, cf. S. OC 43, E. Med. 465, etc.
    • 4 c. dupl. acc. pers. et rei, tell or proclaim so of one, Il. 6.479 (where ἀνιόντα depends on εἴποι) ; εἰπεῖν τινα ὅτι . . Pi. O. 14.22; ἀτάσθαλόν τι εἰ. τινά Od. 22.314; κακὰ εἰ. τινά Ar. Ach. 649; μηδὲν φλαῦρον εἰ. τ. Id. Nu. 834; ἐῢ εἰ. τινά Od. 1.302; εἰ. τεθνεῶτʼ Ὀρέστην speak of him as dead, A. Ch. 682.
    • 5 celebrate, of poets, Αἴαντος βίαν AP 7.2.6 (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 δεῦρʼ ἄγειν τινά S. OC 932, 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 βέλτιστα D. 3.12; εἰπεῖν τὰ δέοντα ib. 15; εἶπε ψήφισμα Id. 24.11: freq. as a formal prefix to decrees and laws, Λάχης εἶπε Th. 4.118, cf. IG 1(2).24, al.; cf. ἀγορεύω.
  • V plead, δίκην Il. 18.508; δικίδιον Ar. Eq. 347.
  • VI promise, offer, χρυσὸν εἶφʼ ὃς ἂν κτάνῃ E. El. 33.
  • VII imper. εἰπέ sts. used in addressing several persons, Ar. Ach. 328, Av. 366, D. 4.10.

εἶπον, vgl. ἔπος, mit Digamma ; inf. εἰπεῖν ; imperat. εἰπέ ; auch aor. I. εἶπα, von dem Hom. εἴπατε hat ; ἔειπα, Theocr. 22.153 ; εἶπα bei Com., Alexis Ath. XI.502f ; Philem. inc. 51a ; Athenio Ath. XIV.660 (v. 38); εἶπας, bes. bei Tragg. die gew. Form der 2. Person, wie Phryn. com. bei Schol. Ar. Av. 11 ; εἰπάτω neben εἰπέτω, Tragg., Plat. Phil. 60d ; εἴπατον, Prot. 353a u. öfter ; εἴπατε häufiger als εἴπετε ; der imperat. εἶπον, od., wie Andere, z.B. Böckh Pind. Ol. 6.92, Jacobs Anth. Pal. p. 79 wollen, εἰπόν, ist seltener bei den Att., z.B. Plat. Men. 71d ; vgl. Schäfer zu Dion.Hal. C.V. p. 436 ; opt. εἴπειεν, Arist. gen. et int. 1.2 ; partic. εἴπας, Philem. Ath. VIII.340d ; εἴπαις, Pind. Ol. 8.46 ; – aor. zu φημί od. ἀγορεύω, sagen. – Bei einem folgdn. inf. oft = heißen, befehlen ; εἶπε περιμένειν Plat. Phaed. 59e ; Menex. 240a ; τὰς παῖδας δεῦρʼ ἄγειν Soph. O.C. 936 ; oft vom Gesetz εἶπε, Oratt.; εἶπεν ψήφισμα Dem. 24.11 ; von Rednern = ein Gesetz vorschlagen, Dem. u. A.; – τινά, Jemand anreden, Il. 12.210, 17.237 ; ihn nennen, τὰς πάνθʼ ὁρώσας Εὐμενίδας ὅγʼ ἐνθάδʼ ἂν εἴποι λεώς νιν Soph. O.C. 43 ; τί τις ἄλλο εἴποι πλὴν ἀμφισβητητικήν Plat. Soph. 225a ; von Einem verkündigen, Pind. Ol. 14.32 ; aber τεθνεῶτʼ Ὀρέστην, für den inf., Aesch. Ch. 671 ; εὖ εἰπεῖν τινα, gut von Einem sprechen, Od. 1.302 u. A.; λόγους μακρούς u. ä., Plat. Prot. 329b ; φάτιν Soph. Phil. 1033 ; ὡς ἔπος εἰπεῖν, ὡς εἰπεῖν, so zu sagen, Aesch. Pers. 700 ; um nur ein Wort zu sagen, z.B., dah. τὸν ὡς ἔπος εἰπεῖν ἄρχοντα, dem τὸν ἀκριβεῖ λόγῳ entgeggstzt, Plat. Rep. I.341b ; οὐχ ὡς ἔπος εἰπεῖν μυριοστὸν ἀλλʼ ὄντως Legg. II.656e ; aber auch oft bescheidener Ausdruck für eine nachdrückliche Behauptung ; ὡς εἰπεῖν, man möchte fast sagen, Thuc. 1.1 ; seltner ὡς εἰπεῖν ἔπος, Plat. Legg. XII.967e ; ὡς λόγῳ εἰπεῖν, Her. 2.15, 53 ; εἰπέ μοι steht im Anfange der Rede auch wo Mehrere angeredet werden, εἰπέ μοι, τί φειδόμεσθα τῶν λίθων, ὦ δημόται, Ar. Ach. 328 ; βούλεσθε, εἰπέ μοι Dem. 4.10, wo Bremi zu vgl.

εἶπον

ἔειπον

aor. (ϝεῖπον, ἔϝειπον)

[cf. (ϝ)έπος.]

2 sing. subj. εἴπῃσθα Il. 20.250: Od. 11.224, Od. 22.373.

Imp. εἰπέ Il. 1.85, Il. 6.86, Il. 11.819, Il. 24.113, etc.: Od. 1.10, Od. 8.555, Od. 14.118, Od. 24.114, etc.

Also 2 sing. indic. εἶπας Il. 1.106, 108: Od. 22.46. ἔειπας (v.l. ἔειπες) Il. 1.286, Il. 24.379, etc.

Imp. pl. εἴπατε Od. 3.427, Od. 21.198.

3 sing. pa. iterative εἴπεσκε Il. 2.271, Il. 3.297, Il. 17.423, Il. 22.375, etc.: Od. 2.324, Od. 4.772, Od. 8.328, Od. 23.148, etc. (ἀπο-, δια-, ἐξ-, μετέειπον, παρ-, προσέειπον.)

• • 1

    To utter speech, speak, say: ὣς εἰπών Il. 1.68, ἐπεὶ κατὰ μοῖραν ἔειπες Il. 9.59. Cf. Il. 1.230, Il. 2.139, Il. 6.75, Il. 15.185, Il. 19.82, etc.: Od. 1.96, Od. 2.251, Od. 4.772, Od. 8.166, Od. 22.288, etc.

    Followed by what is said directly reported Il. 5.600, Il. 6.375, Il. 7.46, Il. 16.513, Il. 19.286, etc.: Od. 2.324, Od. 5.298, Od. 8.328, Od. 9.171, etc.

  • 2

    To utter, speak, say, tell: ὅττι κεν εἴπῃς Il. 1.294, ποῖον ἔειπες Il. 13.824. Cf. Il. 1.286, Il. 2.59. Il. 4.22, Il. 7.68, Il. 17.716, etc.: κενὰ εὔγματα Od. 22.249, cf. Od. 3.227, Od. 4.204, Od. 5.300, Od. 15.314, Od. 18.422, etc.

    To give (judgment): δίκην Il. 18.508.

  • 3

    To tell, tell of or about, give information about, describe, explain: κακὸν τόσον ὅσσον ἐτύχθη Il. 17.410. Cf. Il. 9.688, Il. 10.384, Il. 23.350, etc.: γαῖαν τεήν Od. 8.555, τεὸν γένος Od. 19.162. Cf. Od. 1.169, Od. 2.31, Od. 11.177, Od. 17.106, Od. 23.273, etc.

    With genit.: εἰπέ μοι πατρός Od. 11.174. Cf. Od. 1.10.

    Absol.: Ἀχιλῆϊ εἰπεῖν Il. 17.692: τίπτʼ οὔ οἱ εἶπες; Od. 13.417. Cf. Od. 1.282, Od. 2.216, Od. 15.158, Od. 22.429, etc.

    Followed by a direct question: εἰπέ μοι, τί . . .; Od. 24.474. Cf. Od. 11.144.

  • 4

    With infin. or clause in indirect discourse, to say, state, assert, tell.

    With infin.: νούσῳ ὑπʼ ἀργαλέῃ φθίσθαι (that he would . . .) Il. 13.666. Cf. Il. 18.9, Il. 24.113.

    With ὅτ(τ)ι, that Il. 17.655: Od. 16.131.

    With ὡς, how Od. 22.373.

    With question: ὅ τι . . . Il. 1.64, ἢ . . . ἦ . . . Il. 9.673, ὅππως . . . Il. 10.544: ὁππόθι . . . Od. 3.89, ἠὲ (ἢ) . . . ἦ . . . Od. 3.214 = Od. 16.95, Od. 4.28, Od. 11.494, ὅς τις . . . Od. 4.379 = 468, ὅττι . . . Od. 4.391, ὅ τι . . . Od. 8.577, ὅπ(π)ῃ . . . Od. 9.279, 457, εἰ . . . Od. 11.494, Od. 13.328, ὅσσα . . . Od. 13.306, ὁππόθεν . . . Od. 14.47, ὁπποῖα . . . Od. 19.218, ὅπως . . . Od. 21.198.

    With acc. and dependent clause: εἰπὲ τόνδε, ὅς τις ὅδʼ ἐστίν Il. 3.192: εἰπὲ νόστον, ὡς . . . Od. 4.379 = 468. Cf. Od. 4.389 = Od. 10.539.

    Sim.: τόδε εἰπέ, ἢ (ἠὲ) . . . ἦ . . . Il. 11.819, Il. 24.380, τόδε εἰπέ, ποσσῆμαρ . . . Il. 24.656: τόδε εἰπέ, εἰ . . . Od. 1.206, Od. 11.370, 457, ἢ (ἠὲ) . . . ἦε (ἦ) Od. 4.486, Od. 15.383, ὅππῃ . . . Od. 8.572, ἦ . . . Od. 16.137, τάδε κʼ εἴποι, ὡς . . . Od. 22.350, ἕκαστα εἰπεῖν, ὡς . . . Od. 24.237.

    So περὶ μητρός, ἢ . . . ἦ . . . Od. 15.347.

  • 5

    To bid, direct, order, recommend.

    With dat. and infin.: Ποσειδάωνι τὰ ἃ πρὸς δώμαθʼ ἱκέσθαι Il. 15.57. Cf. Il. 6.114, Il. 14.501: δμῳῇσι δαῖτα πένεσθαι Od. 3.427. Cf. Od. 1.37, Od. 4.682, Od. 15.76, Od. 21.235, Od. 22.262, 431.

    Sim.: Νέστορι εἰπεῖν [χαίρειν] Od. 15.152.

    So μετὰ δμῳῇσιν ἔειπεν στῆσαι τρίποδα Od. 8.433. Cf. Od. 16.151.

    With dat. and clause: εἰπεῖν Ἀγαμέμνονι εἰ ἐποτρύνειε . . . Od. 14.497, εἰπὲ πατρὶ μή με δηλήσεται Od. 22.367.

    With dat. only: εἰπὲ μητέρι Il. 6.86.

    With acc. of what is enjoined: ἕκαστα Od. 3.361.

  • 6

    To speak of, allude to: Ἀγαμέμνονα Il. 1.90.

    To speak (well) of: ἵνα τίς δʼ ἐῢ εἴπῃ Od. 1.302 = Od. 3.200.

    To call (so and so): πολλοί μιν ἐσθλὸν ἔειπον Od. 19.334. Cf. Il. 8.373.

    With acc. of the person of whom something is said and what is said directly reported: εἴποι τις "πατρὸς . . . ἀμείνων" ἐκ πολέμου ἀνιόντα Il. 6.479.

  • 7

    To address (a person): Ἕκτορα Il. 12.60 = 210, Il. 13.725, Il. 17.334, Il. 20.375. Cf. Il. 17.237 = 651.

    With double acc. of person and of what is said: ἐξαίσιόν τι εἰπών τινα Od. 4.690. Cf. Od. 22.314, Od. 23.91.

    With prep. and cognate acc.: τὸν πρὸς μῦθον ἔειπεν Il. 5.632. Cf. Il. 2.59, 156, etc.: Od. 4.803, Od. 14.492, Od. 16.460, etc.

εἶπον (ἔειπʼ(α), εἶπε(ν), εἴειπεν; εἴπῃς, -ῃ; εἴποιμι, -οι; εἰπέ, εἶπον; εἰπών, -όντʼ(α), εἴπαις; εἰπεῖν:

• 1ϝει- O. 8.46, O. 13.71, N. 5.14, N. 6.27, I. 4.41, I. 6.55) acting as aor. of λέγω, said, told, spoke
• 1
• • a followed by direct speech. τῷ μὲν εἶπε O. 1.75 ἔειπεν Ψπιπυλείᾳ Oʼ 4. 23. Ταλαιονίδας εἶπεν ἐν Θήβαισι τοιοῦτόν τι ἔπος O. 6.16 τότʼ ἔειπεν Ἀπόλλων P. 3.40 εἶπε δʼ οὕτως ἡμιθέοισιν Ἰάσονος αἰχματᾶο ναύταις P. 4.11 ὀπιζομένων δʼ ἔμπας τις εἶπεν καὶ τόδε P. 4.86 ἔειπεν δʼ ὦδε P. 4.229 ὧδʼ εἶπε μαρναμένων P. 8.43 εἶπέν τε φωνήσαις ἅτε μάντις ἀνήρ I. 6.51 τέρας δʼ ἑὸν εἶπέν σφι Pae. 4.39
  • b abs., c. adv. ὣς ἦρα θεὸς σάφα εἴπαις O. 8.46 ὣς ἄρʼ ἔειπεν P. 4.156 ὣς ἄρʼ εἰπὼν P. 9.66 ἔλπομαι μέγα εἰπὼν σκοποῦ ἄντα τυχεῖν N. 6.27 ὣς ἦρα εἰπὼν αὐτίκα ἕζετʼ I. 6.55
  • c c. acc. of that which was said, spoke of τῷ μὲν ὁ Χρυσοκόμας ναῶν πλόον εἶπε O. 7.33 κεῖνα δὲ κεῖνος ἂν εἴποι ἔργα O. 8.62 παρθένος τόσα εἰπεῖν ἔδοξεν O. 13.71 “εἰπὲ γένναν” P. 4.100 “οὔτε ἔργον οὔτʼ ἔπος ἐντράπελον κείνοισιν εἰπών” P. 4.105 θρασύ μοι τόδʼ εἰπεῖν φαενναῖς ἀρεταῖς ὁδὸν κυρίαν λόγων οἴκοθεν N. 7.50 ἄπιστον ἔειπʼ (sc. ἐγώ) N. 9.33 ἔπος εἰπόντʼ ἀγαθὸν ξυνὸν ὀρθῶσαι καλόν I. 1.46 τοῦτο γὰρ ἀθάνατον φωνᾶεν ἕρπει, εἴ τις εὖ εἴπῃ τι I. 4.41 cf. Pae. 4.39
  • d c. inf. of indirect statement, command. εἶπον δὲ μεμνᾶσθαι Συρακοσσᾶν (impv.: v. Schadewaldt, 296¹: sc. Αἰνέα) O. 6.92 εἶπέ τινʼ αὐτὸς ὁρᾶν γαῖαν O. 7.62 εἶπε δʼ ἐν μέσσοις ἀπάγεσθαι, ὃς ἂν πρῶτος θορὼν ἀμφί οἱ ψαύσειε πέπλους (i. e. “ἐκεῖνος αὐτὴν ἀπαγέσθω Σ.) P. 9.119
  • e followed by ὅτι, εἵνεκεν c. ind. Κλεόδαμον ὄφρʼ ἰδοῖσʼ, υἱὸν εἴπῃς ὅτι οἱ νεὰν ἐστεφάνωσε κυδίμων ἀέθλων πτεροῖσι χαίταν O. 14.22 εἶπε δʼ εὔβουλος ἐν μέσοισι Θέμις, εἵνεκεν πεπρωμένον ἦν (οὕνεκεν coni. Donaldson) I. 8.31
  • f followed by indirect question. οὐκ ἔχω / εἰπεῖν, τίνι τοῦτο Μοῖρα τέλος ἔμπεδον ὤρεξε N. 7.57 add. acc. αἰδέομαι μέγα εἰπεῖν ἐν δίκᾳ τε μὴ κεκινδυνευμένον, πῶς δὴ λίπον εὐκλέα νᾶσον, καὶ τίς ἄνδρας ἀλκίμους δαίμων ἀπʼ Οἰνώνας ἔλασεν N. 5.14 πότερον δίκᾳ τεῖχος ὕψιον ἢ σκολιαῖς ἀπάταις ἀναβαίνει ἐπιχθόνιον γένος ἀνδρῶν, δίχα μοι νόος ἀτρέκειαν εἰπεῖν fr. 213. 4.
• 2 c. dupl. acc., call ἐμοὶ δʼ ἄπορα γαστρίμαργον μακάρων τιν εἰπεῖν O. 1.52 δελφῖνι καὶ τάχος διʼ ἅλμας ἶσόν κʼ εἴποιμι Μελησίαν N. 6.65
• 3 frag. ἔειπε δὲ μ[ Πα. 8A. 23.

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 θύρᾱς, Od. 21.235; with nearer indication of the feeling, εὐχομενος δʼ ἄρα εἶπεν, Od. 7.330; ὀχθήσᾱς δʼ ἄρα εἶπε, Il. 18.5; εἶπε δʼ ἄρα κλαίουσα, Il. 19.286; freq. w. obj., ἔπος, μῦθον, ἀγγελίην, etc.; so w. acc. of person named, οὐδʼ ἢν Ἀγαμεμνονα εἴπῃς, ‘pronounce the name of,’ ‘name,’ Il. 1.90; ἔσται μὰν ὅτʼ ἂν αὖτε φίλην γλαυκώπιδα εἴπῃ, i. e. when I shall hear him call me by this name, Il. 8.373, Od. 19.334.

εἶπον pres. in use is φήμι, ἀγορεύω, fut. ἐρέω, ἐρῶ, perf. εἴρηκα

• • Ito speak, say, Hom., etc.; in parenthesis, ὡς ἔπος εἰπεῖν so to say, Lat. ut ita dicam, Thuc., etc.; so, ὡς εἰπεῖν, ὡς ἔπος εἰπεῖν Thuc.
  • IIc. acc. pers. to speak to, address, accost one, Il.
  • • 2to name, mention, Il.
    • 3to call one so and so, πολλοὶ δέ μιν ἐσθλὸν ἔειπον Od.
    • 4c. dupl. acc. pers. et rei, to say or tell of one, ἀτάσθαλόν τι εἰπεῖν τινα Od.; κακὰ εἰπεῖν τινα Ar.
  • IIIat Athens, to propose or move a measure in the ἐκκλησία, Thuc., etc.