A). 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 22.1186.19 (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 vεπ- 'say'; vείπην only cj. in Alc. 55 , Sapph. 28.2 ; vεῖπαι Leg.Gort. 8.15 ; with ἔ-(v) cf. Skt. avocam, redupl. aor. of vac- 'say'; 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. τεθνεῶτ’ 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 δεῦρ’ 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 12.24 , al.; cf. ἀγορεύω.

V). plead, δίκην Il. 18.508 ; δικίδιον Ar. Eq. 347 .

VI). promise, offer, χρυσὸν εἶφ’ ὃς ἂν κτάνῃ E. El. 33 .

VII). imper. εἰπέ sts. used in addressing several persons, Ar. Ach. 328 , Av. 366 , D. 4.10 .