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ἐράω

α-contract Verb; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐράω

Structure: ἐρά (Stem) + ω (Ending)

Sense

  1. to love, to be in love with, a lover, the beloved one
  2. to love or desire passionately, to desire

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular έ̓ρω έ̓ρᾳς έ̓ρᾳ
Dual έ̓ρᾱτον έ̓ρᾱτον
Plural έ̓ρωμεν έ̓ρᾱτε έ̓ρωσιν*
SubjunctiveSingular έ̓ρω έ̓ρῃς έ̓ρῃ
Dual έ̓ρητον έ̓ρητον
Plural έ̓ρωμεν έ̓ρητε έ̓ρωσιν*
OptativeSingular έ̓ρῳμι έ̓ρῳς έ̓ρῳ
Dual έ̓ρῳτον ἐρῷτην
Plural έ̓ρῳμεν έ̓ρῳτε έ̓ρῳεν
ImperativeSingular ε͂̓ρᾱ ἐρᾶτω
Dual έ̓ρᾱτον ἐρᾶτων
Plural έ̓ρᾱτε ἐρῶντων, ἐρᾶτωσαν
Infinitive έ̓ρᾱν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἐρων ἐρωντος ἐρωσα ἐρωσης ἐρων ἐρωντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular έ̓ρωμαι έ̓ρᾳ έ̓ρᾱται
Dual έ̓ρᾱσθον έ̓ρᾱσθον
Plural ἐρῶμεθα έ̓ρᾱσθε έ̓ρωνται
SubjunctiveSingular έ̓ρωμαι έ̓ρῃ έ̓ρηται
Dual έ̓ρησθον έ̓ρησθον
Plural ἐρώμεθα έ̓ρησθε έ̓ρωνται
OptativeSingular ἐρῷμην έ̓ρῳο έ̓ρῳτο
Dual έ̓ρῳσθον ἐρῷσθην
Plural ἐρῷμεθα έ̓ρῳσθε έ̓ρῳντο
ImperativeSingular έ̓ρω ἐρᾶσθω
Dual έ̓ρᾱσθον ἐρᾶσθων
Plural έ̓ρᾱσθε ἐρᾶσθων, ἐρᾶσθωσαν
Infinitive έ̓ρᾱσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἐρωμενος ἐρωμενου ἐρωμενη ἐρωμενης ἐρωμενον ἐρωμενου

Imperfect tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ή̓ρων ή̓ρᾱς ή̓ρᾱν*
Dual ἠρᾶτον ἠρᾱ́την
Plural ἠρῶμεν ἠρᾶτε ή̓ρων
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἠρώμην ἠρῶ ἠρᾶτο
Dual ἠρᾶσθον ἠρᾱ́σθην
Plural ἠρώμεθα ἠρᾶσθε ἠρῶντο

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

  • ὃ δὲ μάλιστά με πνίγει τοῦτ’ ἐστίν, ὅτι μεμφόμενοι τὴν ἀνθρωποποιίαν καὶ μάλιστά γε τὰσ γυναῖκασ ὅμωσ ἐρᾶτε αὐτῶν καὶ οὐ διαλείπετε κατιόντεσ, ἄρτι μὲν ταῦροι,γεχνοἄρτι δὲ σάτυροι καὶ κύκνοι γενόμενοι, καὶ θεοὺσ ἐξ αὐτῶν ποιεῖσθαι ἀξιοῦτε. (Lucian, Prometheus, (no name) 17:1)
  • "μένητε καὶ μὴ μείζων ἅτεροσ θατέρου ἐρᾶτε εἶναι. (Plutarch, Apophthegmata Laconica, , section 272)
  • "ἂν πτωχοὶ μένητε καὶ μὴ μέσδων ἅτεροσ θατέρω ἐρᾶτε ἦμεν. (Plutarch, Lycurgus, chapter 19 4:5)
  • ἀλλ’ ὁρᾶτε εἰ τούτου ἐρᾶτε καὶ ἐξαρκεῖ ὑμῖν ἂν τούτου τύχητε· (Plato, Parmenides, Philebus, Symposium, Phaedrus, 167:1)

Synonyms

  1. to love or desire passionately

Derived

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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