ἐπιλέγω,
say in connexion with an action, etc., [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.35, 64, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ποιεῖν τι καὶ ἐπιλέγειν say while or after doing it, [[ [prev. author] 4.65 ] Refs]; παίζουσιν ἐπιλέγοντες [[[prev. author] 5.4; ἐ. λόγον τόνδε, ὡς.. [prev. author] 2.156, 8.49 ] Refs]; ἐξηπάτων.. ἐπιλέγων τοιαυτί 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 418; ἐ. τεκμήρια τὴν ἄλλην αὐτοῦ.. παρανομίαν citing it as proof, [[ Th. 6.28, cf. Alciphr. 3.56. ] Refs]
__2. say besides, ἑκάστῳ “σοὶ μέν κτλ.” [[ X. “Cyr..” 1.3.7,cf. Arist. “Rh.” 1395a27, Ph. 1.512 ] Refs]; τὴν αἰτίαν ἐ. [[ Arist. “Rh.” 1417a28 ] Refs]:—middle, repeat, [[ 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “Rh..” 11.5:] Refs 1st c.BC+] —passive, [τὰ] ἐπιλεγόμενα [[4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rh..” 1394a13. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__3. call by name, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.70 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐπέλεγον δὲ κιθαρῳδικούς (i.e. νόμους) [[ Pl. “Lg.” 700b ] Refs]:—middle, [[ A. “Supp.” 49 (Lyric poetry)] Refs]:— passive, to be surnamed, [[ 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 13.10.4. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__4. utter, pronounce a spell (compareἐπεῖπον), ῥῆσιν μυστικήν [[2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 11.496b; ῥῆσίν τινα μακράν 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Nec.” 7; τοὺς ἀνθρώπους ἐπιλέγειν τῷ λοιμῷ φεῦγ᾽ ἐς κόρακας 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “fragment” 496, compare “Pr.” 926b23, “EN” 1109b11. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__5. attribute, τινὶ τὸ καλόν, τὸ χρήσιμον, [[ [prev. author] “Pol.” 1323b12; ἐ. τοῖς εὖ ἔχουσιν ἔργοις, ὅτι.. [prev. author] “EN” 1106b10. ] Refs]