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ἔπος

ἔπος τό (ϝέπος). [Cf. (ϝ)εῖπον.] Dat. sing. ἔπεϊ Il. 5.879. ἔπει Il. 1.395, 504, Il. 15.106. Dat. pl. ἐπέεσσι Il. 1.223, Il. 3.38, Il. 12.267, Il. 15.162, etc.: Od. 2.189, Od. 7.17, Od. 10.173, Od. 16.279, etc. ἔπεσσι Il. 9.113, Il. 10.542, etc.: Od. 4.484, Od. 5.96, Od. 9.258, Od. 17.545, etc. ἔπεσι Il. 1.77, 150, 211, Il. 2.73, Il. 23.682: Od. 8.170, Od. 17.374, Od. 24.161. 1 Something said, an utterance or speech, a word: ἐ. ἔφατο Il. 1.361, ἅλιον ἐ. ἔκβαλον Il. 18.324. Cf. Il. 2.807, Il. 3.204, Il. 4.350, Il. 5.170, etc.: Od. 3.226, 374, Od. 4.503, Od. 8.241, etc. What one has to say, discourse, words: ἵνʼ ἐ. ἀκούσῃς ἡμέτερον Od. 11.561. An element of speech, a word: τά μοι ἔειπε, τῶν οὐδέν τοι κρύψω ἐ. Od. 4.350 = Od. 17.141. 2 In pl., speech, discourse, words: ἔπεα πτερόεντα προσηύδα Il. 1.201, ὄτρυνεν ἐπέεσσιν Il. 3.249, ἐπέεσσι καθάπτετο Il. 15.127. Cf. Il. 1.223, 304, 519, Il. 2.73, 75, etc.: Od. 2.189, 323, Od. 3.264, Od. 4.286, Od. 11.99, etc. 3 In pl., words, speech, as distinguished from action: ἔπεσιν ὀνείδισον Il. 1.211, ἐπέεσσί κʼ ἀθανάτοισι μαχοίμην Il. 20.367. Cf. Il. 16.628, Il. 20.200, 211, 256, 431: Od. 6.143, 146. Contrasted in terms with χεῖρες Il. 1.77, Il. 16.630. In sing. with ἔργον Il. 1.395, 504, Il. 5.879, Il. 15.234: Od. 2.272, 304, Od. 3.99 = Od. 4.329, Od. 4.163, Od. 11.346, Od. 15.375. In pl.: ἐπέων ἠδὲ καὶ ἔργων Il. 11.703. With βίη: ἢ ἔπει ἠὲ βίῃ Il. 15.106. 4 The sense of the word coloured by the context Il. 1.108 (a prediction), 150 (your orders), 216 (your injunction), 419 (your prayer), 543 (your intention), Il. 2.361 (the counsel), Il. 3.83 (a proposal), Il. 7.375 (proposal), 394 (proposal), Il. 8.8 (my announced purpose, my will), Il. 9.100 (say what is in your mind and hearken to what another has to say), Il. 11.652 (tidings), 788 (counsel), Il. 14.44 (the threat), 212 (your request), 234 (my request), Il. 15.156 (the commands), 162 (my commands), 178 (his commands), 566 (his exhortation), Il. 16.236 (my prayer), 686 (the injunction), Il. 17.701 (tidings), Il. 18.273 (counsel), Il. 19.121 (a piece of news), Il. 22.454 (the thing which I say (the thing being identified with the words)), Il. 23.544 (what you propose), Il. 24.75 (a suggestion), 92 and 224 (his injunction), 744 (counsel): Od. 3.243 (a question), Od. 4.137, 420 and 461 (questions), Od. 6.289 (counsel, directions), Od. 8.91 (his lays), 141 (this proposal of yours), 358 (your request), Od. 10.178 (exhortation), 428 (orders), Od. 11.146 (directions), 348 (this suggestion), Od. 12.222 (exhortation), 266 (injunction), Od. 14.131 (a story), Od. 15.536 = Od. 17.163 = Od. 19.309 (prediction), Od. 16.469 (the news), Od. 17.519 (lays), 584 (cf. Il. 9.100 above), Od. 18.166 (a warning), Od. 19.98 (cf. Il. 9.100 above), 565 (idle promises), Od. 20.115 (wish, prayer), 236 (prediction), Od. 21.278 (counsel).

νεικέω

νεικέω [νεῖκος.] Also νεικείω (νεικεσίω, fr. νεικεσ-, νεῖκος). 3 pl. νεικεῦσι Il. 20.254. 3 sing. pa. iterative νεικείεσκε Il. 2.221, Il. 4.241. 3 pl. -ον Il. 19.86. Fut. νεικέσω Il. 10.115. 2 sing. aor. ἐνείκεσας Il. 3.59, Il. 6.333. 3 sing. νείκεσε Il. 5.471, Il. 10.158, Il. 21.470, 480 : Od. 8.158, 239, Od. 17.239. νείκεσσε Il. 3.38, Il. 4.336, 368, Il. 6.325, Il. 7.161, Il. 24.29 : Od. 17.215, 374, Od. 22.225. 1 To quarrel, contend, dispute : εἵνεκα ποινῆς Il. 18.498. To set quarrel abroach, create a disturbance : ὄφρα μὴ νεικείῃσι πατήρ Il. 1.579. 2 To use words of reproach, speak in blame : ὣς νείκεσσʼ ὁ γέρων Il. 7.161. 3 With dat., to throw reviling words at, throw blame upon, revile, abuse, reproach : μή μοι ὀπίσσω νεικείῃ Od. 17.189. Cf. Il. 20.252, 254. 4 To revile, abuse, reproach, use despiteful language to, blame : μήτε μʼ αἴνεε μήτε νείκει Il. 10.249. Cf. Il. 1.521, Il. 2.221, Il. 3.59, Il. 12.268, Il. 21.470, Il. 24.29 (flouted, humiliated), etc.: Od. 7.303, Od. 8.158, Od. 12.392, Od. 18.9, Od. 19.108, etc.