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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

  • αὕτη δ’ ἐρασθεῖσα τοῦ Ἰφίκλου καὶ συνθεμένη περὶ γάμου διὰ τῆσ τροφοῦ ἔπεισε τὸν φέροντα τὸ ὕδωρ ἰχθῦσ ἀγαγεῖν καὶ ἐμβαλεῖν εἰσ τὸν κρατῆρα, καὶ αὐτὴ δὲ τοὺσ κόρακασ λευκάνασα ἀφῆκεν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 8, book 8, chapter 61 5:2)
  • "καὶ αὕτη μὲν ἐρασθεῖσα νεανίσκου τινὸσ Ἠπειρώτου συνεξεδήμησεν, ἡ δὲ τῷ ἀνδρὶ θάνατον ἐβούλευσεν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 6, book 6, chapter 1936)
  • "Ἠριφανὶσ ἡ μελοποιὸσ Μενάλκου κυνηγετοῦντοσ ἐρασθεῖσα ἐθήρευεν μεταθέουσα ταῖσ ἐπιθυμίαισ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 14, book 14, chapter 112)
  • καὶ ἡ ἐξ Ἐρέσου δὲ τῆσ ποιητρίασ ὁμώνυμοσ ἑταίρα Σαπφὼ τοῦ καλοῦ Φάωνοσ ἐρασθεῖσα περιβόητοσ ἦν, ὥσ φησι Νυμφόδωροσ ἐν Περίπλῳ Ἀσίασ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 13, book 13, chapter 701)
  • Οὐαλερία Τουσκλαναρία κατὰ μῆνιν Ἀφροδίτησ ἐρασθεῖσα Οὐαλερίου τοῦ πατρὸσ τῇ τροφῷ ἀνειοίνωσεν· (Plutarch, Parallela minora, section 22 1:6)

Synonyms

  1. I passionately desire

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Derived

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