Logeion

Perseus analyses of εἴπῃ:

  1. εἶπον (speak, say): aor subj mid 2nd sg (epic ionic)
  2. εἶπον (speak, say): aor subj act 3rd sg (epic ionic)
  3. εἶπον (speak, say): aor subj mp 2nd sg
  4. εἶπον (speak, say): aor subj act 3rd sg

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εἶπον 

εἶπον (pres. ἔπω is used by Nic. Al. 429,490, etc., but the pres. in use is φημί, λέγω, ἀγορεύω (v. infr. IV), the fut. ἐρέω, ἐρῶ, the pf. εἴρηκα), Ep. and Lyr. 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, UPZ 62.14 (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 IG 22.1186.19 (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 IG 7.2225.51 (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- ‘sayʼ; 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- ‘sayʼ; cf. ἔπος):—