Probably a back-formation from the aorist form εἶπον (eîpon).
ἔπω • (épō)
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | ἔπω | ἔπεις | ἔπει | ἔπετον | ἔπετον | ἔπομεν | ἔπετε | ἔπουσῐ(ν) | ||||
| subjunctive | ἔπω | ἔπῃς | ἔπῃ | ἔπητον | ἔπητον | ἔπωμεν | ἔπητε | ἔπωσῐ(ν) | |||||
| optative | ἔποιμῐ | ἔποις | ἔποι | ἔποιτον | ἐποίτην | ἔποιμεν | ἔποιτε | ἔποιεν | |||||
| imperative | ἔπε | ἐπέτω | ἔπετον | ἐπέτων | ἔπετε | ἐπόντων | |||||||
| middle/ passive |
indicative | ἔπομαι | ἔπῃ, ἔπει |
ἔπεται | ἔπεσθον | ἔπεσθον | ἐπόμεθᾰ | ἔπεσθε | ἔπονται | ||||
| subjunctive | ἔπωμαι | ἔπῃ | ἔπηται | ἔπησθον | ἔπησθον | ἐπώμεθᾰ | ἔπησθε | ἔπωνται | |||||
| optative | ἐποίμην | ἔποιο | ἔποιτο | ἔποισθον | ἐποίσθην | ἐποίμεθᾰ | ἔποισθε | ἔποιντο | |||||
| imperative | ἔπου | ἐπέσθω | ἔπεσθον | ἐπέσθων | ἔπεσθε | ἐπέσθων | |||||||
| active | middle/passive | ||||||||||||
| infinitive | ἔπειν | ἔπεσθαι | |||||||||||
| participle | m | ἔπων | ἐπόμενος | ||||||||||
| f | ἔπουσᾰ | ἐπομένη | |||||||||||
| n | ἔπον | ἐπόμενον | |||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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