ἐρῶ

ἐρῶ, Att. fut. of εἴρω (B), Th. 6.9, A. Eu. 45, Ar. Ra. 61, etc., Ion. and Ep. ἐρέω (later as pres., Nic. Th. 484, Ath. 9.400a, Gal. 15.878, al.); opt. ἐροίην X. Cyr. 3.1.14, Lib. Or. 1.87: impf. ἤρεον (v.l. εἴρεον) Hp. Epid. 2.2.9: pf. Act. εἴρηκα A. Pr. 821, Ar. Ra. 558, etc.: plpf. εἰρήκειν Plu. Apophth.reg. 2.184d:—Pass., pf. εἴρημαι Il. 4.363, Ar. Lys. 13, etc.; Ion. 3 pl. εἰρέαται Hdt. 7.81, contr. εἰρῆται Schwyzer 811.17 (Oropus, iv B. C.); part. εἰρημένος, Cret. ϝερημένος Supp.Epigr. 2.509, Arg. ϝεϝρημένος Schwyzer 98 (Mycenae): plpf. εἴρητο Il. 10.540, Hdt. 8.27, etc.: aor. 1 Pass. ἐρρήθην Pl. Lg. 664d, later ἐρρέθην Arist. Cat. 11b12, al.; Ion. εἰρέθην Hdt. 4.77, 156: fut. ῥηθήσομαι Th. 1.73, Pl. R. 473e, Isoc. 8.73, D. 27.53: more freq. εἰρήσομαι, mostly in 3 sg. -ήσεται Il. 23.795, Pi. I. 6(5).59, S. Ph. 1276, etc.; part. -όμενος Hp. Art. 53. —Hom. uses only fut. ἐρέω, 3 sg. pf. and plpf. Pass., with part. εἰρημένος, aor. part. ῥήθείς in the phrase ἐπὶ ῥηθέντι δικαίῳ (v. infr.), and fut. Pass. —The place of the pres. εἴρω (q. v.) is supplied by φημί, λέγω or ἀγορεύω ; εἶπον serves as aor. (ϝερε-: ϝρη-, cf. ῥήτρα, ῥητός, Lat. verbum, Engl. word.)

• • I I will say or speak, c. acc. rei et dat. pers., Il. 1.297: abs., οὐδὲ πάλιν ἐρέει he will say nothing against it, 9.56; ἐν δʼ ὑμῖν ἐρέω among you, ib. 528, cf. Od. 16.378: freq. in Att., ἐρεῖν τι πρός τινα Pl. R. 520a (Act.), 595b, Tht. 179a (both Pass.); τι περί τινος Id. Phlb. 29d, etc.: c. acc. pers., speak of, κακῶς ἐρεῖν τινα Thgn. 796, E. Alc. 705: and c. dupl. acc., ἐρεῖ δέ μʼ..τάδε ib. 954, cf. Pl. Cri. 48a:—Pass., μῦθος..εἰρημένος ἔστω Il. 8.524; εἰρημένα μυθολογεύειν Od. 12.453; λίαν εἰρημένος too true, A. Pr. 1031; ἐπὶ ῥηθέντι δικαίῳ after justice has been pronounced, Od. 18.414; ἐπὶ τοσοῦτον εἰρήσθω περί τινος let this suffice, Arist. EN 1117b21.
  • II I will tell, proclaim, ἔπος Il. 1.419, etc.; Ἠὼς..Ζηνὶ φόως ἐρέουσα announce it, 2.49; ἐρέω τινʼ ὑμῖν αἶνον Archil. 89.1.
  • • 2 tell, order, c. dat. pers. et inf., X. HG 3.2.6, etc.: c. acc. et inf., Id. Cyr. 8.3.6:—Pass., εἴρητο συλλέγεσθαι τὸν στρατόν orders had been given.., Hdt. 7.26, etc.
  • III Pass., to be mentioned, οὗτοι μὲν οἱ παραθαλάσσιοι.. εἰρέαται Id. 4.181, cf. Arist. Mu. 393b27.
  • • 2 to be specified, agreed, promised, εἰρημένος μισθός Hes. Op. 370, Hdt. 6.23; εἰρημένον, abs., when it had been agreed, Th. 1.140; κὰ (τ) τὰ ϝεϝρημένα Schwyzer l.c.

2. ἐρῶ praes. van ἐράω.

ἐρῶ, s. *ἔρω.

ἐρῶ the place of the pres. εἴρω (rare even in Epic and never in Attic) is supplied by φημί, λέγω or ἀγορεύω; and εἶπον serves as the aor.

• • II will say or speak, Attic: c. acc. pers. to speak of, κακῶς ἐρεῖν τινα Theogn., Eur.; c. dupl. acc., ἐρεῖν τινά τι Eur., etc.
  • III will tell, proclaim, Il., etc.; φόως ἐρέουσα to announce the dawn, Il.; ἐπὶ ῥηθέντι δικαίωι upon clear right, Od.
  • • 2εἰρημένος promised, μισθός Hes., Hdt.; εἰρημένον, absol., when it had been agreed, Thuc.
    • 3to tell, order one to do, c. dat. et inf., Xen.; c. acc. et inf., Xen.:—so in Pass., εἴρητό οἱ, c. inf., orders had been given him to do, Hdt.
  • IIIin Pass. to be mentioned, Hdt.
  • IVsimple εἴρω in Ionic and Epic, to say, speak, tell, Od.: so in Mid., Hom.: but in Ionic Prose, the Mid. means to cause to be told one, i. e. to ask, like Attic ἐροῦμαι.