- εἶπον
- εἶπονGrammatical information: v.Meaning: `say, speak' (Il.) (pres. λέγειν, ἀγορεύειν `speak'; cf. Schwyzer-Debrunner 258).Other forms: ep. ἔειπον, Ion. etc. also εἶπα, inf. εἰπεῖν, εἶπαι, Cret. ϜεῖπαιCompounds: Often with prefix, e. g. ἀπ(ο)-, ἐξ-, μετ(α)-, παρ-, προ-(Ϝ)ειπεῖν, -(Ϝ)εῖπαιOrigin: IE [Indo-European] [1135] *h₁-u̯e-u̯kʷ-om `I said'Etymology: The Skt. aorist á-vocam `I spoke', from *e-u̯e-ukʷ̯-om, shows PGr. *ἔ-Ϝε-υπ-ον, from where through dissimilation ἔ(Ϝ)ειπον; on an uncertain trace of the digamma in a text of Homer s. Kretschmer Άντίδωρον 190ff. Further s. ἔπος. - Details in Schwyzer 745. On the meaning, use and inflexion Fournier Les verbes "dire" 3ff., 99f., 227ff.Page in Frisk: 1,464
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.