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ἐράω

α-contract Verb;

Transliteration:

Principal Part:

Structure: ἐρά (Stem) + ω (Ending)

Sense

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

Active
	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
Indicative	Singular	έ̓ρω	έ̓ρᾳς	έ̓ρᾳ
Dual		έ̓ρᾱτον	έ̓ρᾱτον
Plural	έ̓ρωμεν	έ̓ρᾱτε	έ̓ρωσιν*
Subjunctive	Singular	έ̓ρω	έ̓ρῃς	έ̓ρῃ
Dual		έ̓ρητον	έ̓ρητον
Plural	έ̓ρωμεν	έ̓ρητε	έ̓ρωσιν*
Optative	Singular	έ̓ρῳμι	έ̓ρῳς	έ̓ρῳ
Dual		έ̓ρῳτον	ἐρῷτην
Plural	έ̓ρῳμεν	έ̓ρῳτε	έ̓ρῳεν
Imperative	Singular		ε͂̓ρᾱ	ἐρᾶτω
Dual		έ̓ρᾱτον	ἐρᾶτων
Plural		έ̓ρᾱτε	ἐρῶντων, ἐρᾶτωσαν
Infinitive	έ̓ρᾱν
Participle	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
ἐρων ἐρωντος	ἐρωσα ἐρωσης	ἐρων ἐρωντος
Middle/Passive
	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
Indicative	Singular	έ̓ρωμαι	έ̓ρᾳ	έ̓ρᾱται
Dual		έ̓ρᾱσθον	έ̓ρᾱσθον
Plural	ἐρῶμεθα	έ̓ρᾱσθε	έ̓ρωνται
Subjunctive	Singular	έ̓ρωμαι	έ̓ρῃ	έ̓ρηται
Dual		έ̓ρησθον	έ̓ρησθον
Plural	ἐρώμεθα	έ̓ρησθε	έ̓ρωνται
Optative	Singular	ἐρῷμην	έ̓ρῳο	έ̓ρῳτο
Dual		έ̓ρῳσθον	ἐρῷσθην
Plural	ἐρῷμεθα	έ̓ρῳσθε	έ̓ρῳντο
Imperative	Singular		έ̓ρω	ἐρᾶσθω
Dual		έ̓ρᾱσθον	ἐρᾶσθων
Plural		έ̓ρᾱσθε	ἐρᾶσθων, ἐρᾶσθωσαν
Infinitive	έ̓ρᾱσθαι
Participle	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
ἐρωμενος ἐρωμενου	ἐρωμενη ἐρωμενης	ἐρωμενον ἐρωμενου

Active

1st person

2nd person

3rd person

Indicative

Singular

Dual

Plural

Subjunctive

Singular

Dual

Plural

Optative

Singular

Dual

Plural

Imperative

Singular

Dual

Plural

ἐρῶντων, ἐρᾶτωσαν

Infinitive

έ̓ρᾱν

Participle

Masculine

Feminine

Neuter

ἐρων ἐρωντος

ἐρωσα ἐρωσης

ἐρων ἐρωντος

Middle/Passive

1st person

2nd person

3rd person

Indicative

Singular

Dual

Plural

Subjunctive

Singular

Dual

Plural

Optative

Singular

Dual

Plural

Imperative

Singular

Dual

Plural

ἐρᾶσθων, ἐρᾶσθωσαν

Infinitive

έ̓ρᾱσθαι

Participle

Masculine

Feminine

Neuter

ἐρωμενος ἐρωμενου

ἐρωμενη ἐρωμενης

ἐρωμενον ἐρωμενου

Active
	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
Indicative	Singular	ή̓ρων	ή̓ρᾱς	ή̓ρᾱν*
Dual		ἠρᾶτον	ἠρᾱ́την
Plural	ἠρῶμεν	ἠρᾶτε	ή̓ρων
Middle/Passive
	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
Indicative	Singular	ἠρώμην	ἠρῶ	ἠρᾶτο
Dual		ἠρᾶσθον	ἠρᾱ́σθην
Plural	ἠρώμεθα	ἠρᾶσθε	ἠρῶντο

Active

1st person

2nd person

3rd person

Indicative

Singular

Dual

Plural

Middle/Passive

1st person

2nd person

3rd person

Indicative

Singular

Dual

Plural

Examples

"καίτοι τὸν διατεινόμενον αὐτὸν καὶ βοῶντα καὶ κατηγοροῦντα τῶν ἄλλων ἢν ἔρῃ, ’ σὺ δὲ δὴ τί πράττων τυγχάνεισ ἢ τί φῶμεν πρὸσ θεῶν σε πρὸσ τὸν βίον συντελεῖν; (Lucian, Icaromenippus, (no name) 29:7)
μή πω τοῦτ’ ἔρῃ. (Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae, Episode 3:6)
αὐτίκα ἐκεῖ παρ’ ἡμῖν τοὺσ πετομένουσ ἢν ἔρῃ, τίσ ὄρνισ οὗτοσ; (Aristophanes, Birds, Prologue 5:5)
" μὴ περὶ τούτων ἔρῃ, μέλλω γὰρ αὐτὸσ διηγεῖσθαι. (Plutarch, De faciae quae in orbe lunae apparet, section 282)
μή νύν μ’ ἔρῃ τὰ πλείον’, ἀλλ’ ὅσον τάχοσ ἔκπλει σεαυτὸν ξυλλαβὼν ἐκ τῆσδε γῆσ. (Sophocles, Philoctetes, episode 1:16)

Synonyms

to love or desire passionately
- προσπάσχω (to feel passionate love)
- ἔραμαι ( I passionately desire, lust after)

Derived

συνεράω (to pour together, gather together)
συνεράω (to love together with)

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

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ἐράω

Sense

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to love or desire passionately

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ἐράω

Sense

Conjugation

Present tense

Imperfect tense

Examples

Synonyms

to love or desire passionately

Derived

Similar forms

SEARCH

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Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

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