εἶπον
eipon
speak, say
Appears 933 times across Aristotle's works.
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Rhetoric 115 ▸
Open Rhetoric ›Book I 37 ▸
Chapter 4 1359a30–1360b3Chapter 6 1362a15–1363b4Chapter 7 1363b5–1365b20Book II 36 ▸
Chapter 2 1378a30–1380a9Chapter 3 1380a10–1380b34Chapter 6 1383b11–1385a15Chapter 9 1386b8–1387b21Chapter 14 1390a28–1390b13Chapter 16 1390b32–1391a19Book III 42 ▸
Chapter 4 1406b20–1407a18Chapter 9 1409a22–1410b5Chapter 15 1416a4–1416b15 -
Metaphysics 88 ▸
Open Metaphysics ›Book Α 14 ▸
Book α 1 ▸
Chapter 2 994a1–994b31Book Β 4 ▸
Book Γ 16 ▸
Book Δ 7 ▸
Book Ζ 12 ▸
Chapter 4 1029b1–1030b13Chapter 6 1031a15–1032a11Chapter 7 1032a12–1033a23Chapter 10 1034b20–1036a25Chapter 12 1037b8–1038a35Chapter 17 1041a6–1041b33Book Η 1 ▸
Chapter 2 1042b9–1043a28Book Θ 4 ▸
Book Λ 8 ▸
Book Μ 7 ▸
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Topics 87 ▸
Open Topics ›Book I 4 ▸
Book II 3 ▸
Book III 1 ▸
Chapter 1 116a3–117a4Book IV 13 ▸
Book V 21 ▸
Book VI 31 ▸
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Politics 83 ▸
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Book II 15 ▸
Book III 12 ▸
Book IV 12 ▸
Book V 15 ▸
Book VI 3 ▸
Book VII 11 ▸
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Nicomachean Ethics 57 ▸
Open Nicomachean Ethics ›Book I 10 ▸
Book II 5 ▸
Book IV 7 ▸
Book V 9 ▸
Book VI 6 ▸
Book VII 5 ▸
Book VIII 3 ▸
Book IX 5 ▸
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Parts of Animals 53 ▸
Open Parts of Animals ›Book I 12 ▸
Book II 20 ▸
Chapter 4 650b14–651a19Chapter 6 651b20–652a23Chapter 9 654a32–655b27Chapter 17 660a14–661a30Book III 15 ▸
Chapter 2 662b23–664a11Chapter 3 664a12–665a26Chapter 7 669b13–670b31Chapter 12 673b12–674a3 -
Physics 45 ▸
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Book II 6 ▸
Book III 4 ▸
Book IV 10 ▸
Book V 1 ▸
Chapter 1 224a21–225b9Book VI 4 ▸
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Prior Analytics 37 ▸
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Chapter 1 24a10–24b30Chapter 5 26b34–28a9Chapter 6 28a10–29a18Chapter 13 32a15–32b37Chapter 32 46b40–47b14Chapter 33 47b15–39Chapter 39 49b3–9 -
History of Animals 37 ▸
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Book III 1 ▸
Chapter 1 509a27–511a35Book V 4 ▸
Book VI 9 ▸
Book VIII 9 ▸
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Meteorology 36 ▸
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Posterior Analytics 31 ▸
Open Posterior Analytics ›Book I 14 ▸
Book II 17 ▸
Chapter 3 90a35–91a11Chapter 4 91a12–91b11Chapter 5 91b12–92a5Chapter 7 92a34–92b38Chapter 9 93b21–28Chapter 10 93b29–94a19Chapter 13 96a20–97b39Chapter 17 99a1–99b8Chapter 19 99b15–100b17 -
Generation of Animals 31 ▸
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On the Heavens 30 ▸
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De Anima 28 ▸
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De Interpretatione 28 ▸
Open De Interpretatione ›Chapter 3 16b6–25Chapter 7 17a38–18a11Chapter 10 19b5–20b11 -
Sophistical Refutations 26 ▸
Open Sophistical Refutations ›Chapter 1 164a20–165a37Chapter 11 171b3–172b8Chapter 12 172b9–173a30Chapter 13 173a31–173b16Chapter 15 174a17–174b40Chapter 23 179a11–25Chapter 25 180a23–180b39Chapter 30 181a36–181b24Chapter 33 182b6–183a26Chapter 34 183a27–184b8 -
Eudemian Ethics 20 ▸
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On Generation and Corruption 16 ▸
Open On Generation and Corruption ›Book I 10 ▸
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Poetics 15 ▸
Open Poetics ›Chapter 3 1448a19–1448b3Chapter 4 1448b4–1449a31Chapter 5 1449a32–1449b20Chapter 6 1449b21–1450b20Chapter 7 1450b21–1451a15Chapter 14 1453b1–1454a15Chapter 17 1455a22–1455b23Chapter 21 1457a31–1458a17Chapter 22 1458a18–1459a16Chapter 23 1459a17–1459b6Chapter 24 1459b7–1460b5 -
On Memory 4 ▸
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De Audibilibus 3 ▸
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On Colours 3 ▸
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On Dreams 3 ▸
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De Lineis Insecabilibus 3 ▸
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On Length and Shortness of Life 3 ▸
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Movement of Animals 3 ▸
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Oeconomica 3 ▸
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On Divination in Sleep 2 ▸
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Progression of Animals 2 ▸
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Mechanica 1 ▸
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On Sleep 1 ▸
Open On Sleep ›Chapter 3 456a30–458a32
Dictionary (LSJ)
εἶπον (pres. ἔπω is used by Nic. Al. 429,490, etc., but the pres. in use is φημί, λέγω, ἀγορεύω (v. infr. IV), the fut. ἐρέω, ἐρῶ, the pf. εἴρηκα), Ep. and Lyr. ἔειπον Il. 1.552, al., Pi. O. 4.25; subj. εἴπω (Ep. εἴπωμι Od. 22.392, -ῃσθα 11.224, -ῃσι Il. 7.87); opt. εἴποιμι; inf. εἰπεῖν, Ep. -έμεναι, -έμεν, 7.375, 9.688, Dor. εἴπην (v. infr.); part. εἰπών: also aor. 1 εἶπα (ἔειπα Emp. 17.15, Theoc. 22.153), ὅπερ εἶπα as I said, Satyr. Vit.Eur.Fr. 39xvii 14, mostly in Ion. Prose, also Men. Pk. 128, Herod. 3.26, UPZ 62.14 (ii B. C.), and the 2nd persons ind. and imper. of this form are preferred in Att., 2sg. ind. εἶπας Il. 1.106, 108, etc.; imper. εἶπον (on the accent v. Hdn.Gr.1.460) Simon. 154, Pl. Men. 71d, Men. 891, Theoc. 14.11, εἰπάτω (ἀν-ειπάτω IG 22.1186.19 (iv B.C.), but ἀν-ειπέτω ib.1247.13 (iii B.C.)), -ατον, -ατε; 3pl. εἶπαν SIG 333.3 (Samos, iv B.C.), later εἴπασαν IG 7.2225.51 (Thisbe); part. εἴπας Philem. 42, Aeol. εἴπαις Pi. O. 8.46, cf. Ael.Dion. Fr. 156; in compds. Med. ἀπείπασθαι (q.v.), διείπασθαι (q.v.), but never in good Att.: (redupl. aor. 2 from ϝεπ- ‘sayʼ; ϝείπην only cj. in Alc. 55, Sapph. 28.2; ϝεῖπαι Leg.Gort. 8.15; with ἔ- (ϝ) ειπον cf. Skt. avocam, redupl. aor. of vac- ‘sayʼ; cf. ἔπος):—Α. speak, say, ὣς εἰπών Il. 1.68, etc.; τινί 17.692, etc.; εἰς ἅπαντας E. Hec. 303; εἰπεῖν ἔν τισιν or μετά τισιν speak among a number, Il. 10.445, 3.85, etc.: c. acc. cogn., ἔπος, μῦθον, θεοπρόπιον, οὐνόματα, etc., 3.204, 1.552,85, 17.260, etc.; τινί τι Od. 1.169, al.; τι Alc., Sapph. ll. cc., etc.; τι ἔς or πρός τινα, S. Tr. 487, Aj. 292; εἰπεῖν περί τινος, ἀμφί τινι, Od. 15.347, 14.364: c. gen., πατρός τε καὶ υἱέος of them, 11.174; εἰπεῖν ὅτι or ὡς to say that . . , Il. 17.655, Od. 22.373, etc.: but also c. inf., Hdt. 2.30, Th. 7.35, Pl. Grg. 473a, etc. b. recite, ἔπη Id. Ion 535b. 2. in parenthesis, ὡς ἔπος εἰπεῖν so to say, limiting a general statement, A. Pers. 714, etc.; speaking loosely, opp. ὄντως, Pl. Lg. 656e; opp. ἀκριβεῖ λόγῳ, Id. R. 341b; ὡς εἰπεῖν Th. 3.38, al., Pl. Phdr. 258e, al.; ὡς ἀξίως εἰπεῖν Arist. PA 651b36: without ὡς, οὐ πολλῷ λόγῳ εἰπεῖν Hdt. 1.61; ἐς τὸ ἀκριβὲς εἰπεῖν Th. 6.82; σχεδὸν εἰπεῖν Pl. Sph. 237c: καθόλου εἰπεῖν Arist. Cat. 12a27; ἡ ἁπλῶς εἰπεῖν ἀπόδειξις Id. APo. 75b23; τὸ ξύμπαν εἶπαι, εἰπεῖν, Hdt. 7.143, Th. 1.138. 3. εἴποι τις as one might say, dub. l. in Plb. 15.35.1; ὥσπερ εἴποι τις Ar. Av. 180 (s.v.l.); ὡς εἴποι τις D.Chr. 64.5 (s.v.l.). II. c. acc. pers., address, accost one, Il. 12.210, etc. 2. name, mention, ib.1.90, etc. 3. call one so and so, πολλοί τέ μιν ἐσθλὸν ἔειπον Od. 19.334, cf. S. OC 43, E. Med. 465, etc. 4. c. dupl. acc. pers. et rei, tell or proclaim so of one, Il. 6.479 (where ἀνιόντα depends on εἴποι) ; εἰπεῖν τινα ὅτι . . Pi. O. 14.22; ἀτάσθαλόν τι εἰ. τινά Od. 22.314; κακὰ εἰ. τινά Ar. Ach. 649; μηδὲν φλαῦρον εἰ. τ. Id. Nu. 834; ἐῢ εἰ. τινά Od. 1.302; εἰ. τεθνεῶτʼ Ὀρέστην speak of him as dead, A. Ch. 682. 5. celebrate, of poets, Αἴαντος βίαν AP 7.2.6 (Antip. Sid.). III. c. dat. pers. et inf., order or command one to . . , Od. 15.76, 22.262, etc.; also εἰπεῖν πρός τινα, c. inf., 16.151: c. acc. et inf., εἶπον τὰς παῖδας δεῦρʼ ἄγειν τινά S. OC 932, cf. Pl. Phd. 59e, Herod. 6.26: folld. by ἵνα, freq. in NT, Ev.Matt. 4.3, al. IV. propose, move a measure in the assembly, εἰπὼν τὰ βέλτιστα D. 3.12; εἰπεῖν τὰ δέοντα ib.15; εἶπε ψήφισμα Id. 24.11: freq. as a formal prefix to decrees and laws, Λάχης εἶπε Th. 4.118, cf.IG 12.24, al.; cf. ἀγορεύω. V. plead, δίκην Il. 18.508; δικίδιον Ar. Eq. 347. VI. promise, offer, χρυσὸν εἶφʼ ὃς ἂν κτάνῃ E. El. 33. VII. imper. εἰπέ sts. used in addressing several persons, Ar. Ach. 328, Av. 366, D. 4.10.
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