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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

  • ἠράμεθα μέγα κῦδοσ, ἐπέφνομεν Ἕκτορα δῖον. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 10, book 10, chapter 50 3:3)
  • ἐν τοσούτῳ δὴ κινδύνῳ σαλεύοντεσ ἱκέται γινόμεθα ὑμῶν, ὦ πατέρεσ, ἐπισκήπτοντεσ θεούσ τε καὶ δαίμονασ, οἷσ κοινῇ θύομεν, καὶ πολέμων ὑπομιμνήσκοντεσ, οὓσ πολλοὺσ καὶ μεγάλουσ σὺν ὑμῖν ἠράμεθα, μὴ περιιδεῖν ὠμὰ καὶ ἀνόσια ὑπὸ τῶν ἐχθρῶν παθόντασ ἡμᾶσ, ἀλλ’ ἐπαμῦναί τε καὶ συναγανακτῆσαι τιμωρίασ ἡμῖν συνεισπράξαντασ παρὰ τῶν ταῦτα βουλευσαμένων τὰσ προσηκούσασ, μάλιστα μὲν παρὰ πάντων, εἰ δὲ μή γε, παρὰ τῶν ἀρξάντων τῆσ ἀθεμίτου συνωμοσίασ. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, Books X-XX, book 10, chapter 11 1:1)
  • ἠράμεθα μέγα κῦδοσ, ἐπέφνομεν Ἕκτορα δῖον, ᾧ Τρῶεσ κατὰ ἄστυ θεῷ ὣσ εὐχετόωντο. (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 71:2)
  • ἠράμεθα μέγα κῦδοσ· (Homer, Iliad, Book 22 36:9)
  • μὰ Δία, ἦν δ’ ἐγώ, οὐκ ἄρα φαῦλον πρᾶγμα ἠράμεθα· (Plato, Republic, book 2 255:1)

Synonyms

  1. I passionately desire

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Derived

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