Strong G2046ἐρῶ
to say
- Transliteration
- ereō
- Pronunciation
- er-eh'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
ἐρῶ,
Attic dialect future of εἴρω (B), [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.9, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 45, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 61, etc.)], Ionic dialect and Epic dialect ἐρέω (later as present, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Nicander Epicus “Theriaca” 484, 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 9.400a, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 15.878, +others))]; optative ἐροίην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 3.1.14, 4th c.AD: Libanius Sophista “Orationes” 1.87:)]imperfect ἤρεον (variant{εἴρεον}) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 2.2.9)]: perfect active εἴρηκα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 821, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 558, etc.)]: pluperfect εἰρήκειν [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.184d)]:—passive, perfect εἴρημαι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Iliad” 4.363, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 13, etc.)]; Ionic dialect 3rd.pers. plural εἰρέαται [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.81)], contraction εἰρῆται [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“Schwyzer” 811.17 (Oropus, 4th c.BC))]; participle εἰρημένος, Cretan dialect ϝερημένος [Refs (“Supp.epigram” 2.509, argument ϝεϝρημένος “Schwyzr” 98 (from Mycenae))]: pluperfect εἴρητο [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Iliad” 10.540, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.27, etc.)]: aorist 1 passive ἐρρήθην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 664d, later ἐρρέθην 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Categoriae” 11b12, +others; Ionic εἰρέθην 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.77, 156)]: future ῥηθήσομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.73, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 473e, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 8.73, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 27.53: more frequently εἰρήσομαι,)] mostly in 3rd.pers. singular -ήσεται[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Iliad” 23.795, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 6(5).59, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1276, etc.)]; participle -όμενος[Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἄρθρων ἐμβολῆς” 53. — 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus uses only)]future ἐρέω, 3rd.pers. singular perfect and pluperfect passive, with participle εἰρημένος, aorist participle ῥήθείς in the phrase ἐπὶ ῥηθέντι δικαίῳ (see. below), and future passive —The place of the present εἴρω (which see) is supplied by φημί, λέγω or ἀγορεύ; εἶπον serves as aorist (ϝερε-: ϝρη-, compare ῥήτρα, ῥητός, Latin verbum, Engl. word.)
I I will say or speak, with accusative of things et dative person, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Iliad” 1.297: _absolutely_, οὐδὲ πάλιν ἐρέει)] he will say nothing against it, [Refs (9.56)]; ἐν δ᾽ ὑμῖν ἐρέω among you,[Refs 8th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 528, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 16.378)]: frequently in Attic dialect, ἐρεῖν τι πρός τινα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 520a (_active_), 595b, “Tht.” 179a (both _passive_))]; τι περί τινος [Refs ([prev. author] “Phlb.” 29d, etc.)]: with accusative person, speak of, κακῶς ἐρεῖν τινα [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 796, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 705: and with double _accusative_, ἐρεῖ δέ μ᾽..τάδε [prev. work] 954, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Crito” 48a)]:—passive, μῦθος..εἰρημένος ἔστω [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Iliad” 8.524; εἰρημένα μυθολογεύειν 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 12.453)]; λίαν εἰρημένος too true, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 1031)]; ἐπὶ ῥηθέντι δικαίῳ after justice has been pronounced, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 18.414)]; ἐπὶ τοσοῦτον εἰρήσθω περί τινος let this suffice, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1117b21.)]
II I will tell, proclaim, ἔπος [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Iliad” 1.419, etc.)]; Ἠὼς..Ζηνὶ φόως ἐρέουσα announce it,[Refs 7th c.BC+ (2.49; ἐρέω τιν᾽ ὑμῖν αἶνον 7th c.BC: Archilochus Lyricus 89.1.)]
II.2 tell, order, with dative person et infinitive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 3.2.6, etc.)]: with accusative et infinitive, [Refs ([prev. author] “Cyr.” 8.3.6)]:—passive, εἴρητο συλλέγεσθαι τὸν στρατόν orders had been given.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.26, etc.)]
III passive, to be mentioned, οὗτοι μὲν οἱ παραθαλάσσιοι.. εἰρέαται [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 4.181, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Mundo” 393b27.)]
III.2 to be specified, agreed, promised, εἰρημένος μισθός [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 370, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.23)]; εἰρημένον, absolutely, when it had been agreed, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.140)]; κὰ (τ) τὰ ϝεϝρημένα [Refs (“Schwyzer” [same place])]
Attic dialect future of εἴρω (B), [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.9, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 45, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 61, etc.)], Ionic dialect and Epic dialect ἐρέω (later as present, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Nicander Epicus “Theriaca” 484, 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 9.400a, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 15.878, +others))]; optative ἐροίην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 3.1.14, 4th c.AD: Libanius Sophista “Orationes” 1.87:)]imperfect ἤρεον (variant{εἴρεον}) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 2.2.9)]: perfect active εἴρηκα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 821, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 558, etc.)]: pluperfect εἰρήκειν [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.184d)]:—passive, perfect εἴρημαι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Iliad” 4.363, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 13, etc.)]; Ionic dialect 3rd.pers. plural εἰρέαται [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.81)], contraction εἰρῆται [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“Schwyzer” 811.17 (Oropus, 4th c.BC))]; participle εἰρημένος, Cretan dialect ϝερημένος [Refs (“Supp.epigram” 2.509, argument ϝεϝρημένος “Schwyzr” 98 (from Mycenae))]: pluperfect εἴρητο [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Iliad” 10.540, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.27, etc.)]: aorist 1 passive ἐρρήθην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 664d, later ἐρρέθην 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Categoriae” 11b12, +others; Ionic εἰρέθην 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.77, 156)]: future ῥηθήσομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.73, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 473e, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 8.73, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 27.53: more frequently εἰρήσομαι,)] mostly in 3rd.pers. singular -ήσεται[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Iliad” 23.795, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 6(5).59, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1276, etc.)]; participle -όμενος[Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἄρθρων ἐμβολῆς” 53. — 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus uses only)]future ἐρέω, 3rd.pers. singular perfect and pluperfect passive, with participle εἰρημένος, aorist participle ῥήθείς in the phrase ἐπὶ ῥηθέντι δικαίῳ (see. below), and future passive —The place of the present εἴρω (which see) is supplied by φημί, λέγω or ἀγορεύ; εἶπον serves as aorist (ϝερε-: ϝρη-, compare ῥήτρα, ῥητός, Latin verbum, Engl. word.)
I I will say or speak, with accusative of things et dative person, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Iliad” 1.297: _absolutely_, οὐδὲ πάλιν ἐρέει)] he will say nothing against it, [Refs (9.56)]; ἐν δ᾽ ὑμῖν ἐρέω among you,[Refs 8th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 528, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 16.378)]: frequently in Attic dialect, ἐρεῖν τι πρός τινα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 520a (_active_), 595b, “Tht.” 179a (both _passive_))]; τι περί τινος [Refs ([prev. author] “Phlb.” 29d, etc.)]: with accusative person, speak of, κακῶς ἐρεῖν τινα [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 796, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 705: and with double _accusative_, ἐρεῖ δέ μ᾽..τάδε [prev. work] 954, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Crito” 48a)]:—passive, μῦθος..εἰρημένος ἔστω [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Iliad” 8.524; εἰρημένα μυθολογεύειν 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 12.453)]; λίαν εἰρημένος too true, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 1031)]; ἐπὶ ῥηθέντι δικαίῳ after justice has been pronounced, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 18.414)]; ἐπὶ τοσοῦτον εἰρήσθω περί τινος let this suffice, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1117b21.)]
II I will tell, proclaim, ἔπος [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Iliad” 1.419, etc.)]; Ἠὼς..Ζηνὶ φόως ἐρέουσα announce it,[Refs 7th c.BC+ (2.49; ἐρέω τιν᾽ ὑμῖν αἶνον 7th c.BC: Archilochus Lyricus 89.1.)]
II.2 tell, order, with dative person et infinitive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 3.2.6, etc.)]: with accusative et infinitive, [Refs ([prev. author] “Cyr.” 8.3.6)]:—passive, εἴρητο συλλέγεσθαι τὸν στρατόν orders had been given.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.26, etc.)]
III passive, to be mentioned, οὗτοι μὲν οἱ παραθαλάσσιοι.. εἰρέαται [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 4.181, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Mundo” 393b27.)]
III.2 to be specified, agreed, promised, εἰρημένος μισθός [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 370, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.23)]; εἰρημένον, absolutely, when it had been agreed, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.140)]; κὰ (τ) τὰ ϝεϝρημένα [Refs (“Schwyzer” [same place])]
In the Bible
Strong G2046 appears in 97 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- say64
- spoken19
- tell4
- shall3
- spake3
- speak2
- will2
- be1
- by1
- call1
- command1
- make1
First verses
- Matthew 1:22Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying,
- Matthew 2:15And was there until the death of Herod: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt have I called my son.
- Matthew 2:17Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, saying,
- Matthew 2:23And he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets, He shall be called a Nazarene.
- Matthew 3:3For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.
- Matthew 4:14That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying,
- Matthew 5:21Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment:
- Matthew 5:27Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery:
- Matthew 5:31It hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement:
- Matthew 5:33Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths:
- Matthew 5:38Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth:
- Matthew 5:43Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy.
- Matthew 7:4Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye?
- Matthew 7:22Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?
- Matthew 8:17That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, Himself took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses.
- Matthew 12:17That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying,
- Matthew 13:30Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.
- Matthew 13:35That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world.
- Matthew 17:20And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.
- Matthew 21:3And if any man say ought unto you, ye shall say, The Lord hath need of them; and straightway he will send them.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ἐρῶ,
Attic dialect future of εἴρω (B), [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.9, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 45, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 61, etc.)], Ionic dialect and Epic dialect ἐρέω (later as present, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Nicander Epicus “Theriaca” 484, 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 9.400a, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 15.878, +others))]; optative ἐροίην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 3.1.14, 4th c.AD: Libanius Sophista “Orationes” 1.87:)]imperfect ἤρεον (variant{εἴρεον}) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 2.2.9)]: perfect active εἴρηκα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 821, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 558, etc.)]: pluperfect εἰρήκειν [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.184d)]:—passive, perfect εἴρημαι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.363, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 13, etc.)]; Ionic dialect 3rd.pers. plural εἰρέαται [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.81)], contraction εἰρῆται [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“Schwyzer” 811.17 (Oropus, 4th c.BC))]; participle εἰρημένος, Cretan dialect ϝερημένος [Refs (“Supp.epigram” 2.509, argument ϝεϝρημένος “Schwyzr” 98 (from Mycenae))]: pluperfect εἴρητο [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.540, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.27, etc.)]: aorist 1 passive ἐρρήθην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 664d, later ἐρρέθην 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Categoriae” 11b12, +others; Ionic εἰρέθην 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.77, 156)]: future ῥηθήσομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.73, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 473e, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 8.73, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 27.53: more frequently εἰρήσομαι,)] mostly in 3rd.pers. singular -ήσεται[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.795, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 6(5).59, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1276, etc.)]; participle -όμενος[Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἄρθρων ἐμβολῆς” 53. — 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus uses only)]future ἐρέω, 3rd.pers. singular perfect and pluperfect passive, with participle εἰρημένος, aorist participle ῥήθείς in the phrase ἐπὶ ῥηθέντι δικαίῳ (see. below), and future passive —The place of the present εἴρω (which see) is supplied by φημί, λέγω or ἀγορεύ; εἶπον serves as aorist (ϝερε-: ϝρη-, compare ῥήτρα, ῥητός, Latin verbum, Engl. word.)
I I will say or speak, with accusative of things et dative person, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.297: _absolutely_, οὐδὲ πάλιν ἐρέει)] he will say nothing against it, [Refs (9.56)]; ἐν δ᾽ ὑμῖν ἐρέω among you,[Refs 8th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 528, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 16.378)]: frequently in Attic dialect, ἐρεῖν τι πρός τινα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 520a (_active_), 595b, “Tht.” 179a (both _passive_))]; τι περί τινος [Refs ([prev. author] “Phlb.” 29d, etc.)]: with accusative person, speak of, κακῶς ἐρεῖν τινα [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 796, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 705: and with double _accusative_, ἐρεῖ δέ μ᾽..τάδε [prev. work] 954, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Crito” 48a)]:—passive, μῦθος..εἰρημένος ἔστω [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 8.524; εἰρημένα μυθολογεύειν 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 12.453)]; λίαν εἰρημένος too true, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 1031)]; ἐπὶ ῥηθέντι δικαίῳ after justice has been pronounced, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 18.414)]; ἐπὶ τοσοῦτον εἰρήσθω περί τινος let this suffice, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1117b21.)]
II I will tell, proclaim, ἔπος [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.419, etc.)]; Ἠὼς..Ζηνὶ φόως ἐρέουσα announce it,[Refs 7th c.BC+ (2.49; ἐρέω τιν᾽ ὑμῖν αἶνον 7th c.BC: Archilochus Lyricus 89.1.)]
II.2 tell, order, with dative person et infinitive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 3.2.6, etc.)]: with accusative et infinitive, [Refs ([prev. author] “Cyr.” 8.3.6)]:—passive, εἴρητο συλλέγεσθαι τὸν στρατόν orders had been given.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.26, etc.)]
III passive, to be mentioned, οὗτοι μὲν οἱ παραθαλάσσιοι.. εἰρέαται [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 4.181, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Mundo” 393b27.)]
III.2 to be specified, agreed, promised, εἰρημένος μισθός [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 370, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.23)]; εἰρημένον, absolutely, when it had been agreed, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.140)]; κὰ (τ) τὰ ϝεϝρημένα [Refs (“Schwyzer” [same place])]
Attic dialect future of εἴρω (B), [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.9, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 45, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 61, etc.)], Ionic dialect and Epic dialect ἐρέω (later as present, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Nicander Epicus “Theriaca” 484, 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 9.400a, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 15.878, +others))]; optative ἐροίην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 3.1.14, 4th c.AD: Libanius Sophista “Orationes” 1.87:)]imperfect ἤρεον (variant{εἴρεον}) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 2.2.9)]: perfect active εἴρηκα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 821, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 558, etc.)]: pluperfect εἰρήκειν [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.184d)]:—passive, perfect εἴρημαι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.363, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 13, etc.)]; Ionic dialect 3rd.pers. plural εἰρέαται [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.81)], contraction εἰρῆται [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“Schwyzer” 811.17 (Oropus, 4th c.BC))]; participle εἰρημένος, Cretan dialect ϝερημένος [Refs (“Supp.epigram” 2.509, argument ϝεϝρημένος “Schwyzr” 98 (from Mycenae))]: pluperfect εἴρητο [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.540, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.27, etc.)]: aorist 1 passive ἐρρήθην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 664d, later ἐρρέθην 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Categoriae” 11b12, +others; Ionic εἰρέθην 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.77, 156)]: future ῥηθήσομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.73, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 473e, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 8.73, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 27.53: more frequently εἰρήσομαι,)] mostly in 3rd.pers. singular -ήσεται[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.795, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 6(5).59, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1276, etc.)]; participle -όμενος[Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἄρθρων ἐμβολῆς” 53. — 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus uses only)]future ἐρέω, 3rd.pers. singular perfect and pluperfect passive, with participle εἰρημένος, aorist participle ῥήθείς in the phrase ἐπὶ ῥηθέντι δικαίῳ (see. below), and future passive —The place of the present εἴρω (which see) is supplied by φημί, λέγω or ἀγορεύ; εἶπον serves as aorist (ϝερε-: ϝρη-, compare ῥήτρα, ῥητός, Latin verbum, Engl. word.)
I I will say or speak, with accusative of things et dative person, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.297: _absolutely_, οὐδὲ πάλιν ἐρέει)] he will say nothing against it, [Refs (9.56)]; ἐν δ᾽ ὑμῖν ἐρέω among you,[Refs 8th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 528, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 16.378)]: frequently in Attic dialect, ἐρεῖν τι πρός τινα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 520a (_active_), 595b, “Tht.” 179a (both _passive_))]; τι περί τινος [Refs ([prev. author] “Phlb.” 29d, etc.)]: with accusative person, speak of, κακῶς ἐρεῖν τινα [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 796, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 705: and with double _accusative_, ἐρεῖ δέ μ᾽..τάδε [prev. work] 954, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Crito” 48a)]:—passive, μῦθος..εἰρημένος ἔστω [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 8.524; εἰρημένα μυθολογεύειν 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 12.453)]; λίαν εἰρημένος too true, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 1031)]; ἐπὶ ῥηθέντι δικαίῳ after justice has been pronounced, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 18.414)]; ἐπὶ τοσοῦτον εἰρήσθω περί τινος let this suffice, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1117b21.)]
II I will tell, proclaim, ἔπος [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.419, etc.)]; Ἠὼς..Ζηνὶ φόως ἐρέουσα announce it,[Refs 7th c.BC+ (2.49; ἐρέω τιν᾽ ὑμῖν αἶνον 7th c.BC: Archilochus Lyricus 89.1.)]
II.2 tell, order, with dative person et infinitive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 3.2.6, etc.)]: with accusative et infinitive, [Refs ([prev. author] “Cyr.” 8.3.6)]:—passive, εἴρητο συλλέγεσθαι τὸν στρατόν orders had been given.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.26, etc.)]
III passive, to be mentioned, οὗτοι μὲν οἱ παραθαλάσσιοι.. εἰρέαται [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 4.181, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Mundo” 393b27.)]
III.2 to be specified, agreed, promised, εἰρημένος μισθός [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 370, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.23)]; εἰρημένον, absolutely, when it had been agreed, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.140)]; κὰ (τ) τὰ ϝεϝρημένα [Refs (“Schwyzer” [same place])]