εἴρω

εἴρω (A), aor. εἶρα (v. infr.), also ἔρσα (v. διείρω):—Pass., pf. part. ἐρμένος (ἐν-) Hdt. 4.190; Ep. ἐερμένος (v. infr.):—mostly in compds., ἀν-, δι-, ἐν-, ἐξ-, συν-είρω:—

• fasten together in rows, string, used by Hom. only in Ep. pf. Pass., ἠλέκτροισιν ἐερμένος [a necklace] strung with pieces of amber, Od. 18.296, and plpf. Pass., μετὰ δʼ ἠλέκτροισιν ἔερτο 15.460; περὶ στήθεσσιν ἔερτο [μίτρη] A.R. 3.868; τὸ εὖ εἰρόμενον a connected system, Plot. 2.3.7.
• • II after Hom. in Act., στεφάνους εἴ. Pi. N. 7.77; εἴ. τὰ θεῖα Plu. An.procr. 2.1029c; insert, εἰς βρόχον εἴρας τὸν τράχηλον Zaleuc. ap. Stob. 4.2.19 ad fin., cf. PMag.Par. 1.259; esp. in speech, string together, ὁ εἴρας καὶ συνυφάνας ἕκαστα [λόγος] Ph. 1.499; θρῆνον J. BJ 6.5.3; πολλὰ ὀνόματα Philostr. VA 1.20, cf. 6.17; οἱ μηδὲ δύο σχεδὸν ῥήματα δεξιῶς εἴρειν δυνάμενοι S.E. M. 1.98:—Pass., εἰρομένη λέξις continuous, running style, i.e. not antithetic or with balanced periods, Arist. Rh. 1409a29.
  • • 2 εἰρόμενον, τό, ‘dossier’ of documents, Mitteis Chr. 184.9 (iii A.D.); εἰ. τραπεζιτικόν PLips. 9.22. (Etym. dub., cf. either Lat. sero or Lith. vérti ‘thread’.)

εἴρω (B),

• say, speak, tell:—Act. is used by Hom. only in Od., and in 1 pers., μνηστῆρσιν δʼ . . τάδε εἴρω 2.162, cf. 13.7; τὰ δέ τοι νημερτέα εἴρω 11.137:—Med. in same sense, καὶ εἴρετο δεύτερον αὖτις Il. 1.513; εἴροντο δὲ κήδεʼ ἑκάστη Od. 11.542, cf. Nic. Th. 359:—Pass., 3 sg. εἴρεται is said, Arat. 172, 261: for other forms v. ἐρῶ. (ϝέρ-yω, fr. root of ἐρῶ, q.v.)

*εἴρω (C),

• ask: for Act. forms (stem ἐρε(ϝ)-), v. ἐρέω (A): for Med. forms (stems ἐρε(ϝ)- and ἐρ(ϝ)-), v. ἔρομαι, ἐπείρομαι.

2. εἴρω, ep. praes. opt. act. 3 sing. ἐροίη; aor. pass. ἐρρήθην, Ion. εἰρέθην, conj. ῥηθῶ, ptc. ῥηθείς, inf. ῥηθῆναι; perf. act. εἴρηκα, med.-pass. εἴρημαι, Ion. indic. 3 plur. εἰρέαται, plqperf. act. εἰρήκειν, med.-pass. 3 sing. εἴρητο; fut. perf. med.-pass. εἰρήσομαι; fut. act. ἐρῶ, ep. en Ion. ἐρέω, med.-pass. ῥηθήσομαι; voor praes. zie ook ἀγορεύω, φημί en λέγω, voor aor. act. zie εἰπεῖν
1.  zeggen, vertellen, met acc. en dat.: ὑμέων δ’ ἀνδρὶ ἑκάστῳ ... τάδε εἴρω tegen elke man van jullie zeg ik dit Od. 13.7; τὰ δέ τοι νημερτέα εἴρω dit vertel ik je naar waarheid Od. 11.137; met dubb. acc.: οὐκ ... φροντιστέον τί ἐροῦσι οἱ πολλοὶ ἡμᾶς we moeten geen aandacht schenken aan wat de grote massa van ons zal zeggen Plat. Crit. 48a; met ὅτι dat; met adv. en acc. van pers.: εἰ δ’ ἡμᾶς κακῶς ἐρεῖς als je kwaad van ons zult spreken Eur. Alc. 705; abs. spreken: οὐδὲ πάλιν ἐρέει hij zal niet tegenspreken Il. 9.56.
2.  spec. aankondigen, berichten: ἑωσφόρος εἶσι φόως ἐρέων ἐπὶ γαῖαν de morgenster komt om het licht aan te kondigen op aarde Il. 23.226; afspreken: μισθὸς δέ οἱ ἦν εἰρημένος ὅδε als beloning was met hem het volgende afgesproken Hdt. 6.23.5; opdracht geven, bevelen: ἐνθαῦτα γὰρ εἴρητο συλλέγεσθαι πάντα τὸν ... στρατόν want de opdracht was dat het hele leger zich daar moest verzamelen Hdt. 7.26.1; εἴρηκα ... πάντας πείθεσθαί σοι ik heb bevolen dat allen jou moeten gehoorzamen Xen. Cyr. 8.3.6; bespreken: οὗτοι ... οἱ παραθαλάσσιοι τῶν ... Λιβύων εἰρέαται hiermee zijn die Libiërs die aan de kust wonen besproken Hdt. 4.181.1.

εἴρω ¹, aor. εἶρα u. ἔρσα, Hippocr. (vgl. Kompp.), aneinanderreihen ; στεφάνους Pind. N. 5.77, d.i. flechten ; aber εἰρομένη λέξις ist bei Ar. rhet. 3.9, im Ggstz von κατεστραμμένη, ein gedehnter Styl, aus locker aneinandergereiheten Sätzen bestehend, συνδέσμῳ μία, ἣ οὐδὲν ἔχει τέλος καθʼ αὑτήν, ἂν μὴ τὸ πρᾶγμα λεγόμενον τελειωθῇ, vgl. Plut. εἰρόμενος λόγος (nach conj.) stoic.rep. 28 ; εἰρομένης ἀκρασίας garrul. 10. – Dahin gehört als perf. pass. ἐερμένος, ἠλέκτροισιν, von einem goldenen Halsbande mit Elektron, Od. 18.295, wie 15.460 μετὰ δʼ ἠλέκτροισιν ἔερτο.

εἴρω ², s. *ἔρω.

†εἴρω1

(σείρω. Cf. σειρή, L. sero).

3 sing. plupf. pass. ἔερτο (σέσερτο) Od. 15.460.

Acc. sing. masc. pple. ἐερμένον Od. 18.296.

To connect together by a string: [ὅρμος] ἠλέκτροισιν ἔερτο (was strung with . . .) Od. 15.460. Cf. Od. 18.296.

†εἴρω2

(ϝείρω. Cf. L. verbum, Eng. word).

In pres. only Od. 2.162, Od. 11.137, Od. 13.7.

Fut. ἐρέω Il. 1.76, Il. 4.39, Il. 6.334, Il. 24.106, etc.: Od. 2.187, Od. 11.126, Od. 15.27, Od. 23.130, etc.

3 sing. ἐρέει Il. 4.176, 182, Il. 6.462, Il. 7.91, Il. 9.56: Od. 3.20, 328, Od. 16.378.

3 pl. ἐρέουσι Il. 22.108: Od. 6.285, Od. 21.329.

Pple. ἐρέων, -οντος Il. 11.652, Il. 14.355, Il. 23.226: Od. 10.245, Od. 15.41, Od. 16.329, 334.

Fem. ἐρέουσα Il. 1.419, Il. 2.49: Od. 23.2, 16.

Infin. ἐρέειν Il. 3.83: Od. 4.747.

Pass. Dat. sing. neut. aor. pple. ῥηθέντι Od. 18.414, Od. 20.322.

3 sing. pf. εἴρηται (ϝέϝρηται) Il. 4.363.

3 sing. plupf. εἴρητο Il. 10.540: Od. 16.11, 351.

Pple. εἰρημένος, -ου Il. 8.524: Od. 12.453.

3 sing. fut. pf. εἰρήσεται Il. 23.795.

(ἐξ-.)

• • 1

    To utter speech, speak, say: ἔκ τοι ἐρέω Il. 1.204. Cf. Il. 4.182, Il. 9.56, 103, Il. 10.534, etc.: Od. 4.140, Od. 6.285, Od. 12.38, Od. 19.224, etc.

    Followed by what is said directly reported Il. 1.204, Il. 2.257, Il. 4.176, Il. 9.314, etc.: Od. 2.187, Od. 15.318, Od. 17.229, Od. 23.130, etc.

  • 2

    To utter, speak, say, tell: ἄλλο Il. 1.297, ἀγγελίην Il. 14.355. Cf. Il. 1.419, Il. 3.83, Il. 4.363, Il. 23.795, etc.: ψεῦδος Od. 3.20, οὔνομα Od. 6.194. Cf. Od. 2.162, Od. 12.453, Od. 16.11, Od. 18.414, etc.

  • 3

    To tell, tell of or about, give information about, describe, explain: ἀρχοὺς νηῶν Il. 2.493. Cf. Il. 3.177, Il. 23.326: ὀλοφώϊα γέροντος Od. 4.410. Cf. Od. 7.243 = Od. 15.402, Od. 10.289, 292, Od. 11.126, Od. 19.171.

    With ppl. clause: δεσποινῃ ἐρέουσα πόσιν ἔνδον ἐόντα Od. 23.2.

    Absol.: τοιγὰρ ἐγὼν ἐρέω Il. 1.76. Cf. Il. 6.334, Il. 9.528: μὴ πρὶν σοὶ ἐρέειν Od. 4.747. Cf. Od. 12.58, 156, Od. 16.259, 334, Od. 18.129, 338, Od. 20.48, 229, Od. 24.481.

  • 4

    With clause in indirect discourse, to say, state, assert, tell.

    With ὡς, that Il. 23.787: Od. 4.376.

    With οὕνεκα Od. 16.378.

    With question: τοῦ εἵνεκα . . . Il. 24.106.

  • 5

    Of the dawn or the morning-star, to herald or be the harbinger of (the daylight): φόως ἐρέουσα Il. 2.49. Cf. Il. 23.226.

εἴρω

• 1weave εἴρειν στεφάνους ἐλαφρόν N. 7.77

εἴρω (1) (root ϝερ, cf. verbum), assumed pres. for fut. ἐρέω, -έει, -έουσι, part. ἐρέων, ἐρέουσα, pass. perf. εἴρηται, part. εἰρημένος, plup. εἴρητο, fut. εἰρήσεται, aor. part. dat. sing. ῥηθέντι: say, speak, declare; strictly with regard merely to the words said; announce, herald, (Ἠώς) Ζηνὶ φόως ἐρέουσα, Il. 2.49; (Ἑωσφόρος) φόως ἐρέων ἐπὶ γαῖαν, Il. 23.226.

εἴρω (2) (root σερ, cf. sero), only pass. perf. part. ἐερμένος, plup. ἔερτο: string, as beads; μετὰ (adv.) δʼ ἠλέκτροισιν ἔερτο, at intervals ‘was strung’ with beads of amber, Od. 15.460; ὅρμος ἠλέκτροισιν ἐερμένος, Od. 18.296; γέφῦραι ἐερμέναι, ‘joined’ in succession, Il. 5.89.

εἴρω The Root is prob. !σερ, cf. Lat. sero, serui, σειρά

• to fasten together in rows, to string, ἠλέκτροισιν ἐερμένος a necklace strung with pieces of electron, Od.

εἴρω see ἐρῶ