Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἔραμαι

-μι athematic Verb; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἔραμαι ἐρασθήσομαι ἠράσθην ἤρασμαι

Structure: έ̓ρα (Stem) + μαι (Ending)

Sense

  1. (with genitive), I love (usually of romantic/sexual love, usually of a man)
  2. (of things) I passionately desire, lust after

Conjugation

Present tense

Future tense

Middle
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐρασθήσομαι ἐρασθήσει, ἐρασθήσῃ ἐρασθήσεται
Dual ἐρασθήσεσθον ἐρασθήσεσθον
Plural ἐρασθησόμεθα ἐρασθήσεσθε ἐρασθήσονται
OptativeSingular ἐρασθησοίμην ἐρασθήσοιο ἐρασθήσοιτο
Dual ἐρασθήσοισθον ἐρασθησοίσθην
Plural ἐρασθησοίμεθα ἐρασθήσοισθε ἐρασθήσοιντο
Infinitive ἐρασθήσεσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἐρασθησομενος ἐρασθησομενου ἐρασθησομενη ἐρασθησομενης ἐρασθησομενον ἐρασθησομενου
Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐρασθήσομαι ἐρασθήσῃ ἐρασθήσεται
Dual ἐρασθήσεσθον ἐρασθήσεσθον
Plural ἐρασθησόμεθα ἐρασθήσεσθε ἐρασθήσονται
OptativeSingular ἐρασθησοίμην ἐρασθήσοιο ἐρασθήσοιτο
Dual ἐρασθήσοισθον ἐρασθησοίσθην
Plural ἐρασθησοίμεθα ἐρασθήσοισθε ἐρασθήσοιντο
Infinitive ἐρασθήσεσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἐρασθησομενος ἐρασθησομενου ἐρασθησομενη ἐρασθησομενης ἐρασθησομενον ἐρασθησομενου

Imperfect tense

Aorist tense

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • "καὶ τὸ δεῖνα δέ, μὴ αἰδεσθῇσ, εἰ καὶ πρὸσ ἀνδρῶν ἐπὶ τῷ ἑτέρῳ ^ ἐρᾶσθαι δοκοίησ, καὶ ταῦτα γενειήτησ ἢ καὶ νὴ Δία φαλακρὸσ ἤδη ὤν. (Lucian, Rhetorum praeceptor, (no name) 13:66)
  • "ἄλλωσ τε καὶ αὐτοῦ θαυμάζω τοῦ μάγου, εἰ δυνάμενοσ αὐτὸσ ἐρᾶσθαι πρὸσ τῶν πλουσιωτάτων γυναικῶν καὶ τάλαντα ὅλα παρ’ αὐτῶν λαμβάνειν, ὁ δὲ τεττάρων μνῶν πάνυ σμικρολόγοσ ὢν ^ Γλαυκίαν ἐπέραστον ἐργάζεται. (Lucian, Philopsuedes sive incredulus, (no name) 13:4)
  • καὶ γραμματεῖά τε εἰσεφοίτα παρὰ τῆσ γυναικὸσ αὐτῷ καὶ στέφανοι ἡμιμάραντοι καὶ μῆλά τινα ἀποδεδηγμένα καὶ ἄλλα ὁπόσα αἱ μαστροποὶ ἐπὶ τοῖσ νέοισ μηχανῶνται,^ κατὰ μικρὸν αὐτοῖσ ἐπιτεχνώμεναι τοὺσ ἔρωτασ καὶ ἀναφλέγουσαι τὸ πρῶτον ἐρᾶσθαι νομίζοντασ ἐπαγωγότατον γὰρ τοῦτό γε, καὶ μάλιστα τοῖσ καλοῖσ εἶναι οἰομένοισ, ἄχρι· (Lucian, Toxaris vel amicitia, (no name) 13:2)
  • "γε σώφροσιν οὔτ’ ἐρᾶν οὔτ’ ἐρᾶσθαι δήπου προσῆκόν ἐστιν. (Plutarch, Amatorius, section 6 1:3)
  • "οἱ δὲ παίδων δεόμενοι μᾶλλον ἢ γυναικῶν, ὥσπερ οἱ τέττιγεσ εἰσ σκίλλαν ἤ τι τοιοῦτο τὴν γονὴν ἀφιᾶσιν, οὕτω διὰ τάχουσ οἷσ ἔτυχε σώμασιν ἐναπογεννήσαντεσ καὶ καρπὸν ἀράμενοι χαίρειν ἐῶσιν ἤδη τὸν γάμον, ἢ μένοντοσ οὐ φροντίζουσιν οὐδ’ ἀξιοῦσιν ἐρᾶν οὐδ’ ἐρᾶσθαι. (Plutarch, Amatorius, section 2118)

Synonyms

  1. I passionately desire

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Derived

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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