[*] 59. ei)pe/, fe/re, a)/ge, etc., used in addressing more than one. “εἰπέ”, say, is often used in fervid or familiar address when several are spoken to; the eye of the speaker shifts. Compare also the interjectional use of “φέρε, ἄγε”, with a plural verb. “ἢ βούλεσθ̓, εἰπέ μοι, περιιόντες αὑτῶν πυνθάνεσθαι, λέγεταί τι καινόν”; DEM.4.10(and similarly elsewhere). DEM.4.10(see above). 20.21: “ὅρα δ᾽ οὑτωσί” (addressed to the judges). 25.73: “φέρε δὴ πρὸς θεῶν κἀκεῖνο σκέψασθε”, and sim. “φέρε” elsewhere in DEM. and other orators. PLATO, Theaet. 151E: “ἀλλὰ φέρε δὴ αὐτὸ κοινῇ σκεψώμεθα”, and similarly elsewhere. Prot. 311 D: “εἰπέ μοι, ὦ Σώκρατές τε καὶ Ἱππόκρατες”, and similarly elsewhere XEN. Apol. 14: “ἄγε δὴ ἀκούσατε καὶ ἄλλα” , and similarly elsewhere. HDT.1.97: “φέρε στήσωμεν”, but 4.127: “φέρετε . . . πειρᾶσθε”. AR. Ach. 319: “εἰπέ μοι, τί φειδόμεσθα τῶν λίθων, ὦ δημόται;” and similarly elsewhere. Pax, 1115: “ἄγε δή, θεαταί, δεῦρο συσπλαγχνεύετε” , similarly elsewhere. Ran. 1417: “φέρε, πύθεσθέ μου ταδί” , similarly elsewhere. EUR. Cycl. 590-1: “ἄγε δή, Διονύσου παῖδες” . . . | “ἔνδον μὲν ἁνήρ”. SOPH. Tr. 1255: “ἄγ᾽ ἐγκονεῖτ᾽, αἴρεσθε”. AESCHYL. Pers. 140 sqq.: “ἀλλ᾽ ἄγε, Πέρσαι . . . θώμεθα”, et sim. alib.; but Cho. 803-4: “ἄγετε” . . . | “λύσασθ”（“ε”). PIND. P. 1.60: “ἄγ᾽ . . . ἐξεύρωμεν”. HOM. Od. 2.212=4.669: “ἀλλ᾽ ἄγε μοι δότε” , similarly elsewhere; but 22.252: “ἄγεθ᾽ . . . ἀκοντίσατ᾽” , similarly elsewhere. Il. 2.331: “ἀλλ᾽ ἄγε μίμνετε” , similarly elsewhere.
Syntax of Classical Greek from Homer to Demosthenes. Basil L. Gildersleeve. New York. American Book Company. 1900.
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