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|Definition=(A), aor. <b class="b3">εἶρα</b> (v. infr.), also <b class="b3">ἔρσα</b> (v. <b class="b3">διείρω</b>):—Pass., pf. part. <b class="b3">ἐρμένος</b> (<b class="b3">ἐν</b>-) <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.190</span>; Ep. <b class="b3">ἐερμένος</b> (v. infr.):—mostly in compds., <b class="b3">ἀν-, δι-, ἐν-, ἐξ-, συν-είρω</b>:—<span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">fasten together in rows, string</b>, used by Hom. only in Ep. pf. Pass., <b class="b3">ἠλέκτροισιν ἐερμένος</b> [a necklace] <b class="b2">strung</b> with pieces of amber, <span class="bibl">Od.18.296</span>, and plpf. Pass., μετὰ δ' ἠλέκτροισιν ἔερτο <span class="bibl">15.460</span>; <b class="b3">περὶ στήθεσσιν ἔερτο [μίτρη</b>] <span class="bibl">A.R.3.868</span>; <b class="b3">τὸ εὖ εἰρόμενον</b> <b class="b2">a connected system</b>, <span class="bibl">Plot.2.3.7</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> after Hom.in Act., στεφάνους εἴ. <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>7.77</span>; εἴ. τὰ θεῖα Plu.2.1029c; <b class="b2">insert</b>, εἰς βρόχον εἴρας τὸν τράχηλον Zaleuc. ap. Stob.4.2.19 ad fin., cf. <span class="title">PMag.Par.</span>1.259; esp. in speech, <b class="b2">string together</b>, <b class="b3">ὁ εἴρας καὶ συνυφάνας ἕκαστα [λόγος</b>] <span class="bibl">Ph.1.499</span>; θρῆνον <span class="bibl">J.<span class="title">BJ</span>6.5.3</span>; πολλὰ ὀνόματα <span class="bibl">Philostr.<span class="title">VA</span> 1.20</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">6.17</span>; οἱ μηδὲ δύο σχεδὸν ῥήματα δεξιῶς εἴρειν δυνάμενοι <span class="bibl">S.E. <span class="title">M.</span>1.98</span>:—Pass., <b class="b3">εἰρομένη λέξις</b> <b class="b2">continuous, running</b> style, i.e. not antithetic or with balanced periods, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Rh.</span>1409a29</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b3">εἰρόμενον, τό</b>, '<b class="b2">dossier</b>' of documents, Mitteis <span class="title">Chr.</span>184.9 (iii A.D.); εἰ. τραπεζιτικόν <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PLips.</span>9.22</span>. (Etym. dub., cf. either Lat. <b class="b2">sero</b> or Lith. <b class="b2">vérti</b> 'thread'.)</span><br />(B), <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">say, speak, tell</b>:—Act. is used by Hom. only in Od., and in <span class="bibl">1</span> pers., μνηστῆρσιν δ' . . τάδε εἴρω <span class="bibl">2.162</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">13.7</span>; τὰ δέ τοι νημερτέα εἴρω <span class="bibl">11.137</span>:—Med. in same sense, καὶ εἴρετο δεύτερον αὖτις <span class="bibl">Il.1.513</span>; εἴροντο δὲ κήδε' ἑκάστη <span class="bibl">Od.11.542</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Nic.<span class="title">Th.</span>359</span>:—Pass., 3sg. <b class="b3">εἴρεται</b> <b class="b2">is said</b>, <span class="bibl">Arat.172</span>,<span class="bibl">261</span>: for other forms v. [[ἐρῶ]]. (<b class="b3">ϝέρ</b>-yω, fr. root of <b class="b3">ἐρῶ</b>, q.v.)</span><br />(C), <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">ask</b>: for Act. forms (stem <b class="b3">ἐρε</b> (ϝ)-), v. [[ἐρέω]] (A): for Med. forms (stems <b class="b3">ἐρε</b> (ϝ)- and <b class="b3">ἐρ</b> (ϝ)-), v. [[ἔρομαι, ἐπείρομαι]].</span>