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

  • ἥ γέ τοι πόλισ ἅπασα κεχηνότεσ αὐτοῦ ἀκούουσιν, ὁπόταν δημηγορήσων παρέλθῃ, ὁποῖόν φασι τοὺσ τότε Ἀθηναίουσ πρὸσ τὸν τοῦ Κλεινίου πεπονθέναι, παῤ ὅσον τοῖσ μὲν οὐκ εἰσ μακρὰν μετεμέλησε τοῦ ἔρωτοσ, ὃν ἠράσθησαν τοῦ Ἀλκιβιάδου, τοῦτον δὲ ἡ πόλισ οὐ φιλεῖ μόνον, ἀλλὰ καὶ αἰδεῖσθαι ἤδη ἀξιοῖ, καὶ ὅλωσ ἓν τοῦτο ἡμῖν δημόσιον ἀγαθόν ἐστι καὶ μέγα ὄφελοσ ἅπασιν, ἁνὴρ οὗτοσ. (Lucian, Scytha 23:3)
  • οὐ χρὴ δὲ θαυμάζειν εἰ ἐξ ἀκοῆσ τινεσ ἠράσθησάν τινων, ὁπότε Χάρησ ὁ Μιτυληναῖοσ ἐν τῇ δεκάτῃ τῶν Ἱστοριῶν τῶν περὶ Ἀλέξανδρόν φησιν πολλοὺσ ὀνείρατι θεασαμένουσ τινὰσ οὓσ μὴ πρότερον εἶδον ἐρασθῆναι αὐτῶν γράφει δὲ οὕτωσ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 13, book 13, chapter 351)
  • ἀλλ’ ἐοίκε μηδενὶ τῶν πώποτε τυράννων ἢ βασιλέων δεινὸσ οὕτωσ ἔρωσ ἐγγενέσθαι καὶ περιμανὴσ τοῦ ἄρχειν, ὡσ ἐκεῖνοι τοῦ ἄρχεσθαι καὶ ὑπακούειν Ὄθωνοσ ἠράσθησαν οὕσ γε μηδ’ ἀποθανόντοσ ὁ πόθοσ προὔλιπεν, ἀλλὰ παρέμεινεν εἰσ ἀνήκεστον ἔχθοσ Οὐϊτελλίῳ τελευτήσασ. (Plutarch, Otho, chapter 17 5:1)
  • ἠράσθησαν γὰρ ἀμφότεροι τοῦ καλοῦ Στησίλεω, Κείου τὸ γένοσ ὄντοσ, ὡσ Ἀρίστων ὁ φιλόσοφοσ ἱστόρηκεν. (Plutarch, , chapter 3 1:4)
  • πολλάκισ γὰρ ἀνδριάντων καὶ εἰκόνων ἠράσθησαν γυναῖκεσ, καὶ ὅμοια τούτοισ ἀπέτεκον. (Pseudo-Plutarch, Placita Philosophorum, book 5, 1:1)

Synonyms

  1. I passionately desire

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Derived

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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