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, UPZ62.14 (ii B. C.), and the 2nd persons ind. and imper. of this form are preferred in Att., 2sg. 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” IG22.1186.19 (iv B.C.), but ἀν-ειπέτω ib.1247.13 (iii B.C.)), -ατον, -ατε; 3pl. “εἶπαν” SIG 333.3 (Samos, iv B.C.), later “εἴπασαν” IG7.2225.51 (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 ϝεπ- 'say'; ϝείπην only cj. in Alc.55, Sapph. 28.2; “ϝεῖπαι” Leg.Gort.8.15; with ἔ-(ϝ)ειπον 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.PA651b36: 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.
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.
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.OC932, cf. Pl.Phd.59e, Herod. 6.26: folld. by ἵνα, freq. in NT, Ev.Matt.4.3, al.