εἶπον
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Etymon-lemma
Transliteration (Word)
English translation (word)
Transliteration (Etymon)
English translation (etymon)
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Quotation
Ἠπύει. ἔπω ἐπύω. τροπῇ τοῦ ε εἰς η, ἠπύει.
Translation (En)
ēpuei "he calls". Epō "to say", *epu, and by change of /e/ to /ē/, ēpuei
Parallels
Epimerismi homerici ordine alphabetico traditi, eta 4 (ἠέλιος: παρὰ τὸ ἕλη, ὃ σημαίνει τὴν λαμπηδόνα, ἕλιος καὶ τροπῇ τοῦ ε εἰς η ἥλιος, ὥσπερ ἐστὶν ἔπω, τὸ λέγω, ἐξ αὐτοῦ ἐπύω καὶ τροπῇ τοῦ ε εἰς η ἠπύω, τὸ φωνῶ); Etym. Gudianum, eta, p. 237 (Ἠέλιος, παρὰ τὸ ἕλη, ὃ σημαίνει τὴν λαμπηδόνα, ἕλιος, καὶ τροπῇ τοῦ ε εἰς η ἥλιος, ὅπερ ἔστι παρὰ τὸ ἔπω τὸ λέγω, ἐξ αὐτοῦ ἐπύω, καὶ τροπῇ τοῦ ε εἰς η ἠπύω τὸ φωνῶ, ἠπύτα κήρυξ); ibid., p. 247 (Ἠπύω, τὸ κηρύσσω, ὅπερ γέγονεν ἀπὸ τοῦ ἔπω τὸ λέγω, ἐπύω καὶ ἠπύω); Suda, alpha 3756 (ὡς ἀπὸ τοῦ ἔπω ἀπύω, τὸ φωνῶ); Eustathius, Comm. Il., vol. 3, p.30 (Ὅρα δὲ καὶ τὸ ἠγερέεσθαι ἀπὸ ἐνεστῶτος τοῦ ἠγερῶ. αὐτὸς δέ γε ἀπὸ μέλλοντος παρῆκται τοῦ ἀγερῶ αὐξηθέντος, ὡς τὸ ἀπύω ἠπύω); Etym. Magnum, Kallierges, p. 434 (Ἠπύει: Τὸ φωνεῖ καὶ κηρύσσει. Παρὰ τὸ ἔπω, τὸ λέγω, παράγωγον ἐπύω, ὡς πλήθω πληθύω· καὶ τροπῇ τοῦ ε εἰς η, ἠπύω· ἐξ οὗ ἠπύτης, ὁ μεγαλόφωνος καὶ κρακτικός); Ps.-Zonaras, Lexicon, eta, p. 1002 (Ἠπύει. φωνεῖ. [καὶ ἤπυον. ‘ἠπύει εἰσελάων’. παρὰ τὸ ἔπω, τὸ λέγω, ἀφ’ οὗ παράγωγον ἐπύω, ὡς πλήθω πληθύω, καὶ ἠπύω, τροπῇ τοῦ ε εἰς η. οὕτως Ὠρίων.]); Scholia in Aristophanem, Plut. 1 (ὡς ἀπὸ τοῦ ἔπω ἀπύω)
Comment
Derivational etymology. The etymon is a near-synonym of the lemma, both meaning "to utter a sound". The aorist εἶπον was derived by Greek grammarians from a ghost present ἔπω, actually used one by Nicander. From this ἔπω is derived a *ἐπύω, and a lengthening of /e/ provides ἠπύω