ἀείδω (ἀϝείδω), fut. ἀείσομαι,
aor. ind. ἄεισε, imp. ἄεισον, inf. ἀεῖσαι: sing—I. trans., παιήονα, κλέα ἀνδρῶν, ‘lays of
heroes;’ also w. acc. of the theme of minstrelsy, μῆνιν,
Il. 1.1; Ἀχαιῶν
νόστον, Od. 1.326; with
ὡς, Od.
8.514; acc. and inf., Od.
8.516.—II. intrans., μάλ᾽
ἀεῖσαι, ‘merrily’, λίγα, καλόν (adv.); met. of the bow-string, Od. 21.411.