ἐπεῖπον
From LSJ
ὑπὸ δὲ τῆς φιλαυτίας παρηγμένοι ἄλογα φασὶν τὰ ζῷα ἐφεξῆς τὰ ἄλλα σύμπαντα → it is self-love which leads them to say that all the other animals without exception are non-rational
English (LSJ)
aor. 2, inf. ἐπειπεῖν, pf.
A ἐπείρηκα Plu.2.1054f: pres. ἐπιλέγω (q. v.):—say besides or afterwards, Hdt.1.123, Th.1.67, Aeschin. 2.157, etc. 2 ψόγον ἐ. τινί say it of one, A.Supp.972 (anap.), cf. Luc.Hist.Conscr.26; σκωπτικόν τι εἴς τινα Id.Dem.Enc.33. 3 quote as apposite, τὰ ἐξ Ἰλιάδος ἐκεῖνα Ael.VH4.18; ἐ. τὸ κοινὸν ἀρχὴ δέ τοι ἥμισυ παντός Luc.Somn.3; cf. ἐπιλέγω. 4 utter, pronounce a spell, ἐ. ἐπῳδήν Id.Philops.35. 5 make a speech at, τάφῳ Polem.Cyn.2.
