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