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

  • ἀλλὰ καὶ τὸν μῦθον ἤκουσασ, ὃν λέγουσιν οἱ ἐπιχώριοι περὶ αὐτῆσ, ὡσ ἐρασθείη τισ τοῦ ἀγάλματοσ καὶ λαθὼν ὑπολειφθεὶσ ἐν ἱερῷ συγγένοιτο, ὡσ δυνατὸν ἀγάλματι. (Lucian, Imagines, (no name) 4:5)
  • "περὶ ἧσ ἐν ταῖσ ἱστορίαισ γέγραπται ὡσ ἄρα κατὰ τὸν ὕπνον ἰδοῦσα τὸν Ζαριάδρην ἐρασθείη, τὸ δ’ αὐτὸ τοῦτο κἀκείνῳ πάθοσ συμπεσεῖν πρὸσ αὐτήν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 13, book 13, chapter 355)
  • τὸ δὲ Μεγαβάτου τοῦ Σπιθριδάτου παιδὸσ ἐρασθέντα ὥσπερ ἂν τοῦ καλλίστου ἡ σφοδροτάτη φύσισ ἐρασθείη, ἔπειτα, ἡνίκα ἐπιχωρίου ὄντοσ τοῖσ Πέρσαισ φιλεῖν οὓσ ἂν τιμῶσιν ἐπεχείρησε καὶ ὁ Μεγαβάτησ φιλῆσαι τὸν Ἀγησίλαον, διαμάχεσθαι ἀνὰ κράτοσ τὸ μὴ φιληθῆναι, ἆρ’ οὐ τοῦτό γε ἤδη τὸ σωφρόνημα καὶ δαιμόνιον; (Xenophon, Minor Works, , chapter 5 5:3)
  • κἀκείνη πρὸσ ἐπανήκοντα τὸν Ἡρώδην πολλά τε περὶ τοῦ πρὸσ αὐτὴν συμπαθοῦσ ἐν ταῖσ ὁμιλίαισ ἐπομνύμενον, ὡσ οὐδ’ ἐρασθείη ποτὲ γυναικὸσ ἄλλησ, "πάνυ γοῦν, εἶπεν, ταῖσ πρὸσ τὸν Ιὤσηπον ἐντολαῖσ ἐπεδείξω τὸν πρὸσ ἡμᾶσ ἔρωτα κτεῖναί με προστάξασ. (Flavius Josephus, De bello Judaico libri vii, 630:1)

Synonyms

  1. I passionately desire

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Derived

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