ἔσπον, aor. 2 of
ἐνέπω: only in 2 pl. in the formula
ἔσπετε νῦν μοι, Μοῦσαι A). 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
seq[uglide], cf. Lith.
sekù 'say', Lat.
in-sece.)