εἴρω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=(A), aor. [[εἶρα]] (v. infr.), also [[ἔρσα]] (v. [[διείρω]]):—Pass., pf. part. [[ἐρμένος]] ([[ἐν]]-) <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.190</span>; Ep. [[ἐερμένος]] (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> [[fasten together in rows]], [[string]], used by Hom. only in Ep. pf. Pass., <b class="b3">ἠλέκτροισιν ἐερμένος</b> [a necklace] [[strung]] 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> [[a connected system]], <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; [[insert]], 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, [[string together]], <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> [[continuous]], [[running]] 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>, '[[dossier]]' 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. [[sero]] or Lith. [[vérti]] 'thread'.)</span><br />(B), <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[say]], [[speak]], [[tell]]:—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. [[εἴρεται]] [[is said]], <span class="bibl">Arat.172</span>,<span class="bibl">261</span>: for other forms v. [[ἐρῶ]]. ([[ϝέρ]]-yω, fr. root of [[ἐρῶ]], q.v.)</span><br />(C), <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[ask]]: for Act. forms (stem [[ἐρε]] (ϝ)-), v. [[ἐρέω]] (A): for Med. forms (stems [[ἐρε]] (ϝ)- and [[ἐρ]] (ϝ)-), v. [[ἔρομαι, ἐπείρομαι]].</span>