προεῖπον
προεῖπον
aor2 with no pres. in use, πρόφημι, προαγορεύω being used instead
part. προειπών
inf. -ειπεῖν
v. προερέω
to tell or state before, Plat.: to premise, Aeschin.
to proclaim or declare publicly, Lat. indicere, πόλεμόν τινι Hdt., etc.:— πρ. τινι φόνου to make proclamation of murder against him, Dem.
c. inf. to order or command before, Od., etc.; the inf. is sometimes omitted, πρ. Λυδοῖσι (sc. ποιέειν) τὰ ὁ Κροῖσος ὑπετίθετο Hdt.; πρ. ξεινίην τοῖσι Ἀκανθίοισι, like Lat. imperare frumentum, Hdt.