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

  • ἠράσθησ δὲ καὶ αὐτὸσ πολλάκισ. (Lucian, Dialogi Marini, poseidon and alpheios, chapter 15)
  • Οὐκοῦν, ἦ δ̓ ὃσ ὁ Ἀνάχαρσισ, μαθητήν σου ἴσθι με γεγενημένον καὶ ζηλωτὴν τοῦ ἔρωτοσ ὃν ἠράσθησ, ἰδεῖν τὴν Ἑλλάδα, καὶ κατά γε τὴν ἐμπορίαν ταύτην ἀποδημήσασ ἥκω σοι μυρία παθὼν ἐν τοῖσ διὰ μέσου ἔθνεσι, καὶ εἴ γε μὴ σοὶ ἐνέτυχον, ἔγνωστο ἤδη πρὶν ἥλιον δῦναι, ὀπίσω αὖθισ ἐπὶ ναῦν κατιέναι· (Lucian, Scytha 9:4)
  • καὶ μὴν εἴ με εἶδεσ ἐν τοῖσ ὅπλοισ, εὖ οἶδα, ἠράσθησ ἄν. (Lucian, Dialogi meretricii, 4:11)
  • ἥμαρτεσ, ἠράσθησ, ἐμοίχευσάσ τι, κᾆτ’ ἐλήφθησ· (Aristophanes, Clouds, Agon, antepirrheme 1:10)
  • ἠράσθησ δὲ καὶ αὐτὸσ ἤδη καὶ οἶσθα οἱο͂ν τὸ ἐρᾶν ἐστιν. (Lucian, Dialogi mortuorum, 3:7)

Synonyms

  1. I passionately desire

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Derived

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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