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προσεῖπον

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Gloss: to say to

Transliteration: proseipon

Strong’s: G8917

1. to speak to one, to address, accost , (Homer), etc.; πρ. ὀνόματί τινα (Demosthenes Orator):—;with double accusative, τί προσείπω ς᾽ ἔπο; (Aristophanes Comicus)
2. to address as so and so, πρ. τινὰ ὡς ἀλλότριον (Plato Philosophus); πρ. τινὰ χαίρειν to bid him greeting , (Euripides)
3. to call so and so, to name , τί νιν προσείπ; (Aeschulus Tragicus); τοῦτο γάρ ς᾽ ἔχω μόνον προσειπεῖν (Sophocles Tragicus); ὅν μοι προσεῖπας πόσιν whom thou didst name my husband, (Euripides) (ML)
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