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εἶπον

Verb; Transliteration:

Principal Part: εἶπον εἶπον

Structure:

Etym.: pres. in use is fh/mi, a)goreu/w, fut. e)re/w, e)rw=, perf. ei)/rhka

Sense

  1. I said, spoke

Conjugation

Aorist tense

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • Λαπίθασ οὖν καὶ Κενταύρουσ εἶπεσ ἄν, εἰ εἶδεσ ^ τραπέζασ ἀνατρεπομένασ καὶ αἷμα ἐκκεχυμένον καὶ σκύφουσ ῥιπτομένουσ. (Lucian, Symposium, (no name) 45:8)
  • εἰ γοῦν μετεχειρίζου πολιτικῶσ, οὕτωσ ἂν εἶπεσ, Κῦροσ πολλοῦ ἄξιοσ ἐγένετο· (Aristides, Aelius, Ars Rhetorica, , chapter 2 2:9)
  • εἰ δὲ ἀγωνιστικῶσ προῆγεσ αὐτό, τοῦτο ἂν εἶπεσ, οἱο͂ν πρᾶγμα δεινότατον πάντων καὶ ὠμότατον ἐνεβάλετο εἰσ τὴν ψυχὴν Τισσαφέρνησ· (Aristides, Aelius, Ars Rhetorica, , 5:7)
  • καὶ εἰ μὲν οὖν ἐβούλου ταχέωσ μεταβῆναι ἐπὶ τὸ ὑποκείμενον καὶ μὴ σφόδρα τὸν λόγον ἐξᾶραι, εἶπεσ ἄν, μάλιστα δὲ οἱ ὑπὸ ἔρωτοσ κατεχόμενοι· (Aristides, Aelius, Ars Rhetorica, , 4:3)
  • πολλάκισ δὲ ὅταν μείζων ᾖ διαφορά, καὶ οὕτωσ ἐπιπλέκεισ, ἤδη μέντοι τινέσ εἰσιν, οἳ καὶ ἀφίσταντο, καὶ ποτὲ μὲν αὐτὸ μόνον ψιλὸν εἶπεσ, ποτὲ δὲ τὴν αἰτίαν παρέθηκασ, οἱο͂ν ὀρεγόμενοι τῆσ ἐλευθερίασ. (Aristides, Aelius, Ars Rhetorica, , chapter 13 14:3)

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