εἴρω(B),
A. say, speak, tell:— Act. is used by Hom. only in Od. , and in 1 pers., μνηστῆρσιν δ' . . τάδε εἴρω
2.162
, cf. 13.7 ; τὰ δέ τοι νημερτέα εἴρω
11.137
:— Med. in same sense, καὶ εἴρετο δεύτερον αὖτις
Il. 1.513
; εἴροντο δὲ κήδε' ἑκάστη
Od. 11.542
, cf. Nic. Th. 359 :— Pass. ,3 sg. εἴρεται is said, Arat. 172 , 261 : for other forms v. ἐρῶ. (ϝέρ-yω, fr. root ofἐρῶ, q.v.)