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

  • ἀρχὴν γὰρ οὐδὲ τὸν ἔλεγχον δέχονται, ἢν ἔρηταί τισ οὑτωσὶ κοσμίωσ καὶ κατὰ βραχύ, ἀλλ’ εὐθὺσ βοῶσιν καὶ ἐπὶ τὴν ἀκρόπολιν τὴν ἑαυτῶν ἀναφεύγουσι, τὴν λοιδορίαν, καὶ πρόχειρον τὸ ξύλον. (Lucian, Fugitivi, (no name) 15:2)
  • ἢν δέ ποτε καὶ τὰ ἄριστα πράξῃσ, καὶ ἴδῃ σε καὶ προσκαλέσασ ἔρηταί τι ὧν ἂν τύχῃ, τότε δὴ τότε πολὺσ μὲν ὁ ἱδρώσ, ἀθρόοσ δὲ ὁ ἴλιγγοσ καὶ τρόμοσ ἄκαιροσ καὶ γέλωσ τῶν παρόντων ἐπὶ τῇ ἀπορίᾳ. (Lucian, De mercede, (no name) 11:1)
  • αὐτὸσ μὲν οὖν μαγικήν τινα ἐνέδυ στολὴν τὰ πολλὰ ἐοικυῖαν τῇ Μηδικῇ, ἐμὲ δὲ τουτοισὶ φέρων ἐνεσκεύασε, τῷ πίλῳ καὶ τῇ λεοντῇ καὶ προσέτι τῇ λύρᾳ, καὶ παρεκελεύσατο, ἤν τισ ἔρηταί με τοὔνομα, Μένιππον μὴ λέγειν, Ἡρακλέα δὲ ἢ Ὀδυσσέα ἢ Ὀρφέα. (Lucian, Necyomantia, (no name) 8:1)
  • ἐπειδὰν γὰρ ἐπιστὰσ κειμένοισ ἔρηται ὅθεν εἰσεληλύθασιν εἰσ τὸ σῶμα, ὁ μὲν νοσῶν αὐτὸσ σιωπᾷ, ὁ δαίμων δὲ ἀποκρίνεται, ἑλληνίζων ἢ βαρβαρίζων ὁπόθεν ἂν αὐτὸσ ᾖ, ὅπωσ τε καὶ ὅθεν εἰσῆλθεν εἰσ τὸν ἄνθρωπον ὁ δὲ ὁρ́κουσ ἐπάγων, εἰ δὲ μὴ πεισθείη, καὶ ἀπειλῶν ἐξελαύνει τὸν δαίμονα. (Lucian, Philopsuedes sive incredulus, (no name) 13:8)
  • κἄν τίσ σ’ ἔρηται τίνοσ ἕκατί νιν κτενεῖσ, λέξον, τί φήσεισ; (Euripides, Iphigenia in Aulis, episode 1:11)

Synonyms

  1. I passionately desire

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Derived

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