A.speak among, and so address, in Hom. always c. dat. pl., “ἀθανάτοισι” Od.1.31; “ἔπεα Τρώεσσι” Il.8.496; “ἔπε᾽ Ἀργείοισι” 2.109, cf. 18.139, al., and always in 3sg. impf. μετηύδα, exc. 1sg. “μετηύδων” Od.12.153, 270; “τοῖον ἔπος πάντεσσι μετηύδα” A.R.2.773.
II. later c. acc. pers., accost, address, ib.54, Mosch.4.61.