ἔσπον

ἔσπον, aor. 2 of ἐνέπω: only in 2 pl. in the formula ἔσπετε νῦν μοι, Μοῦσαι

• tell me now, ye Muses, Il. 2.484, al.; later ἔσπετε νῦν μοι ὅσοι πολυπράγμονές ἐστε σοφισταί Timo 1. (Prob. fr. ἔν-σπ-ετε (v.l. in Il. l.c.); σπ- (cf. ἐνι-σπ-εῖν) is the weak form of seqṷ, cf. Lith. sekù ‘say’, Lat. in-sece.)