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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

Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular έ̓ραμαι έ̓ρασαι έ̓ραται
Dual έ̓ρασθον έ̓ρασθον
Plural ἐράμεθα έ̓ρασθε έ̓ρανται
SubjunctiveSingular έ̓ρωμαι έ̓ρῃ έ̓ρηται
Dual έ̓ρησθον έ̓ρησθον
Plural ἐρώμεθα έ̓ρησθε έ̓ρωνται
OptativeSingular ἐραῖμην έ̓ραιο έ̓ραιτο
Dual έ̓ραισθον ἐραῖσθην
Plural ἐραῖμεθα έ̓ραισθε έ̓ραιντο
ImperativeSingular έ̓ρασο ἐράσθω
Dual έ̓ρασθον ἐράσθων
Plural έ̓ρασθε ἐράσθων
Infinitive έ̓ρασθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἐραμενος ἐραμενου ἐραμενη ἐραμενης ἐραμενον ἐραμενου

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

Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἠράμην ἠρῶ, ή̓ρασο ή̓ρατο
Dual ή̓ρασθον ἠράσθην
Plural ἠράμεθα ή̓ρασθε ή̓ραντο

Aorist tense

Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἠράσθην ἠράσθης ἠράσθη
Dual ἠράσθητον ἠρασθήτην
Plural ἠράσθημεν ἠράσθητε ἠράσθησαν
SubjunctiveSingular ἐράσθω ἐράσθῃς ἐράσθῃ
Dual ἐράσθητον ἐράσθητον
Plural ἐράσθωμεν ἐράσθητε ἐράσθωσιν*
OptativeSingular ἐρασθείην ἐρασθείης ἐρασθείη
Dual ἐρασθείητον ἐρασθειήτην
Plural ἐρασθείημεν ἐρασθείητε ἐρασθείησαν
ImperativeSingular ἐράσθητι ἐρασθήτω
Dual ἐράσθητον ἐρασθήτων
Plural ἐράσθητε ἐρασθέντων
Infinitive ἐρασθῆναι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἐρασθεις ἐρασθεντος ἐρασθεισα ἐρασθεισης ἐρασθεν ἐρασθεντος

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 αὐτοὺσ ἐρώμεθα, ὦ Ἀδείμαντε, τοὺσ ἱππέασ, εἰ δέξονταί σε ἄρχοντα σφῶν γενέσθαι. (Lucian, 53:3)
  • "φράσωμεν αὐτοῖσιν οἵτινέσ εἰμεν, καὶ αὐτοὺσ ἐρώμεθα κατ̓ ὅτι ταύτην ἐλαύνουσιν. (Arrian, Indica, chapter 34 9:4)
  • "ἀλλὰ διδόντεσ αὐτῷ τὸ μηδὲν οὕτωσ ἄχρηστον εἶναι μηδὲ φορτικὸν ὡσ τὸ ζητεῖν αὑτόν, ἐρώμεθα τίσ αὕτη τοῦ βίου σύγχυσίσ ἐστιν ἢ πῶσ ἐν τῷ ζῆν οὐ δύναται διαμένειν ἀνήρ, ὅτε τύχοι, πρὸσ ἑαυτὸν ἀναλογιζόμενοσ φέρε, τίσ ὢν οὗτοσ ὁ ἐγὼ τυγχάνω; (Plutarch, Adversus Colotem, section 211)
  • "φέρε, παθόντεσ ἀνδρῶν πάθοσ ἐλευθέρων ἐρώμεθα πότερον ἄλλουσ ἀναμένει μαχουμένουσ ὑπὲρ τῆσ Ἰταλίασ, ἡμῖν δὲ λειτουργοῖσ χρήσεται διὰ παντόσ, ὅταν δέῃται τάφρουσ ὀρύσσειν καὶ πηλὸν ἐκκαθαίρειν καὶ ποταμούσ τινασ παρατρέπειν; (Plutarch, Caius Marius, chapter 16 4:2)
  • κἀγὼ προσπαίζων αὐτοὺσ ἠρόμην, βούλεσθε, ἔφην, ἐπειδὴ ἡμεῖσ ἐν ἀπορίᾳ ἐσμέν, ἐρώμεθα ταυτὶ τὰ μειράκια; (Plato, Alcibiades 1, Alcibiades 2, Hipparchus, Lovers, Theages, Charmides, Laches, Lysis, 62:2)

Synonyms

  2. I passionately desire

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