The corpus record

καλλῐεπ-έομαι

kalliepeomai

say in fine phrases

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Where it lives

Hipparchus 1 · 4.44/10k
Apology 1 · 1.14/10k
Rhetoric 1 · 0.23/10k
History 1 · 0.07/10k

What it meant

καλλῐεπ-έομαι · kalliep-eomai — LSJ

say in fine phrases, use fine language

say in fine phrases, κ. ὡς . . εἰκότως ἄρχομεν Th. 6.83; εἰ δοῦλος καλλιεποῖτο use fine language, Arist. Rh. 1404b16; ῥημάτων ὧν οἱ δεξιοὶ περὶ τὰς δίκας -εποῦνται Pl. Hipparch. 225c:—Pass., λόγοι κεκαλλιεπημένοι ῥήμασί τε καὶ ὀνόμασι Id. Ap. 17b:—later in Act., καλλιεπέω, Them. Or. 20p.285D.

In the wild

καλλιεποῖτο · kalliepoito Aristotle, Rhetoric 3
κεκαλλιεπημένους · kekalliepēmenous Plato, Apology 17
καλλιεποῦνται · kalliepountai Plato, Hipparchus 225
καλλιεπούμεθα · kalliepoumetha Thucydides, History 6.83.2 (DIORISIS sentence 4576)

Where it came from

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