Perseus analyses of ἔπει:

ἔπειμι 2 (come upon): pres ind act 2nd sg
ἔπος (vácas): neut nom/voc/acc dual (attic epic)
ἔπεϊ,ἔπος (vácas): neut dat sg (epic ionic)
ἔπος (vácas): neut dat sg

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ἔπειμι 2

ἔπειμι (B), (εἶμι ibo) inf. ἐπιέναι, serving in Att. as fut. of ἐπέρχομαι: Ep. 3sg. impf. ἐπήϊεν Il. 17.741; 3pl. ἐπήϊσαν Od. 11.233, ἐπῇσαν 19.445; Att. ἐπῇα, 3pl. ἐπῇσαν: ἐπιείσομαι, -εισαμένη (qq. v.) belong to a different word:

I. come upon (in fut. sense, though this is not so fixed in Hom. as in Att.):

1. of persons, come upon, approach, Od. 16.42, etc.

c. get on the βῆμα to speak, v.l. for παριέναι in Th. 1.72; come on, of performers, dub. l. in X. An. 6.1.11.

d. approach, attack a question, Arist. Ph. 186a4.

b. c. dat. pers., come into oneʼs head, occur to one, εἰ καὶ ἐπίοι αὐτῷ λέγειν if it so much as occurred to him to say . ., Id. R. 388d, cf. 558a; ὅ τι ἂν ἀπὸ ταὐτομάτου ἐπίῃ μοι X. Mem. 4.2.4; ἂν . . ὑμῖν ἐπίῃ σκοπεῖν D. 21.185: abs., τὸ ἐπιόν what occurs to one, Pl. Phdr. 264b.

II. of Time, come on or after: mostly in part. ἐπιών, οῦσα , όν , following, succeeding, instant, ἡ ἐπιοῦσα ἡμέρα the coming day, Hdt. 3.85, Ar. Ec. 105, Pl. Cri. 44a; ἡ ʼπιοῦσα λαμπὰς θεοῦ E. Med. 352; ἡ ἐπιοῦσα (sc. ἡμέρα) Plb. 2.25.11, LXXPr. 27.1, Act.Ap. 16.11; τῆς ἐ. νυκτός Pl. Cri. 46a; τῇ ἐ. νυκτί Act.Ap. 23.11; ὁ ἐ. βίοτος E. Or. 1659; τοῦ ἐ. χρόνου Pl. Lg. 769c; ἐν τῷ ἐ. χρόνῳ X. Cyr. 2.1.23; ἡ ἐ. ὥρα τοῦ ἔτους D. 8.18; εἰς τὴν ἐ. ἐκκλησίαν Id. 21.162, IG 22.717.16; εἰς τὴν ἐ. Πυλαίαν D. 18.151; τοὐπιόν the future, E. Fr. 1073.6; τῆς ἐ. ἐλπίδος Ar. Th. 870; περὶ τῶν ἐπιόντων D. Ep. 4.3; τῶν ἐ. ἕνεκα because of the consequences, Id. 19.258.

3. rarely, pass, elapse, ἐπιόντος τοῦ χρόνου Id. Ti. 44b.

III. go over a space, traverse, visit, ἀγρόν Od. 23.359; χώρους Hdt. 5.74; of an officer, ἐ. πύλας E. Ph. 1164; τὸ στράτευμα Th. 7.78, etc.

2. go over, i.e. count over, φώκας . . ἀριθμήσει καὶ ἔπεισιν Od. 4.411; think over, τῇ μνήμῃ ἕκαστα Luc. Herm. 1; read, Hld. 2.6.

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ἔπος

ἔπος, older ϝέπος SIG 9 (v. infr.), etc., εος , τό (Skt.

A. vácas ‘word’, ‘hymn’, cf. εἶπον):

1. song or lay accompanied by music, 8.91,17.519.

2. pledged word, promise, Il. 8.8 ; τελέσαι ἔπος fulfil, keep oneʼs word, 14.44, cf. A. Pr. 1033.

3. word in season, counsel, Il. 1.216, 2.807, Od. 18.166, etc.; freq. in Trag., E. Hel. 513, etc.

4. word of a deity, oracle, Od. 12.266, Hdt. 1.13, etc.

5. saying, proverb, τὸ παλαιὸν ἔπος Id. 7.51, cf. Ar. Av. 507.

6. word, opp. deed, ἔπεʼ ἀκράαντα words of none effect, opp. ἔτυμα, Od. 19.565, cf. E. HF 111 (lyr.); opp. ἔργον, Il. 15.234, Od. 2.272, etc., cf. II.1 ; αἴτε ϝέπος αἴτε ϝάργον SIG 9 (Elis, vi B.C.); opp. βίη, Il. 15.106 ; opp. χεῖρες, 1.77 (pl.).

7. subject of a speech, message, 11.652, 17.701, S. OT 1144, etc.

II. later usages,

2. κατʼ ἔπος word by word, κατʼ ἔ. βασανιεῖν φησι τὰς τραγῳδίας Ar. Ra. 802.

3. πρὸς ἔπος at the first word, Luc. Ep.Sat. 37.

5. ἑνὶ ἔπει in one word, briefly, ἑνὶ ἔπεϊ πάντα συλλαβόντα λέγειν Hdt. 3.82.

b. generally, poetry, even lyrics, Alcm. 25 (prob.), Pi. O. 3.8, etc.

c. lines, verses, esp. of spoken lines in the drama, Ar. Ra. 862, 956, etc. : sg., verse, line of poetry, Hdt. 4.29, Pl. Min. 319d ; group of verses, Id. R. 386c, Hdt. 7.143.

d. lines of writing, μυρίων ἐπῶν μῆκος Isoc. 12.136 ; ἐν ὅλοις ἑπτὰ ἔπεσι παραδραμεῖν, of a historian, Luc. Hist.Conscr. 28.