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ἐράω?

α-contract Verb; 자동번역 Transliteration: eraō

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 ἔρω ἔρᾳς ἔρᾳ
Dual ἔρατον ἔρατον
Plural ἔρωμεν ἔρατε ἔρωσι(ν)
SubjunctiveSingular ἔρω ἔρῃς ἔρῃ
Dual ἔρητον ἔρητον
Plural ἔρωμεν ἔρητε ἔρωσι(ν)
OptativeSingular ἔρῳμι ἔρῳς ἔρῳ
Dual ἔρῳτον ἐρῷτην
Plural ἔρῳμεν ἔρῳτε ἔρῳεν
ImperativeSingular ε῏ρα ἐρᾶτω
Dual ἔρατον ἐρᾶτων
Plural ἔρατε ἐρῶντων, ἐρᾶτωσαν
Infinitive ἔραν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἐρων ἐρωντος ἐρωσα ἐρωσης ἐρων ἐρωντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἔρωμαι ἔρᾳ ἔραται
Dual ἔρασθον ἔρασθον
Plural ἐρῶμεθα ἔρασθε ἔρωνται
SubjunctiveSingular ἔρωμαι ἔρῃ ἔρηται
Dual ἔρησθον ἔρησθον
Plural ἐρώμεθα ἔρησθε ἔρωνται
OptativeSingular ἐρῷμην ἔρῳο ἔρῳτο
Dual ἔρῳσθον ἐρῷσθην
Plural ἐρῷμεθα ἔρῳσθε ἔρῳντο
ImperativeSingular ἔρω ἐρᾶσθω
Dual ἔρασθον ἐρᾶσθων
Plural ἔρασθε ἐρᾶσθων, ἐρᾶσθωσαν
Infinitive ἔρασθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἐρωμενος ἐρωμενου ἐρωμενη ἐρωμενης ἐρωμενον ἐρωμενου

Imperfect tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἤρων ἤρας ἤρα(ν)
Dual ἠρᾶτον ἠράτην
Plural ἠρῶμεν ἠρᾶτε ἤρων
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἠρώμην ἠρῶ ἠρᾶτο
Dual ἠρᾶσθον ἠράσθην
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

  • καὶ ὁ μὲν Ἔρως ὅλος παρελθὼν εἰς αὐτὴν ἀναγκάσει τὴν γυναῖκα ἐρᾶν, ὁ δ Ἵμερος αὐτῷ σοι περιχυθεὶς τοῦθ ὅπερ ἐστίν, ἱμερτόν τε θήσει καὶ ἐράσμιον. (Lucian, Dearum judicium, (no name) 15:6)
  • ἀποκρίνεται οὖν αὐτῷ ὁ Τιμόθεος, Ἀλλ᾿, ὦ Ἁρμονίδη, ἐρᾷς μέν, ἔφη, εὖ ἴσθι, οὐ μικροῦ πράγματος, ἐπαίνου καὶ δόξης καὶ ἐπίσημος εἶναι καὶ γιγνώσκεσθαι πρὸς τῶν πολλῶν, τοῦτο δὲ εἰ μὲν οὑτωσί πως ἐς τὰ πλήθη παριὼν ἐπιδεικνύμενος ἐθέλοις πορίζεσθαι, μακρὸν ἂν γένοιτο, καὶ οὐδὲ οὕτως ἅπαντες εἴσονταί σε. (Lucian, Harmonides 4:1)
  • ἀλλὰ οὐ Σόλων γε ἐκεῖνος, ὦ Χάρων, ἐρᾶν αὐτοῦ φαίνεται, ὅς, ὡς ὁρᾷς, καταγελᾷ τοῦ Κροίσου καὶ τῆς μεγαλαυχίας τοῦ βαρβάρου, καί μοι δοκεῖν ἐρέσθαι τι βούλεται αὐτόν ἐπακούσωμεν οὖν. (Lucian, Contemplantes, (no name) 11:13)
  • Γυναικός, ὦ Ἀλφειέ, ἢ νύμφης ἐρᾷς ἢ καὶ τῶν Νηρηίδων αὐτῶν μιᾶς· (Lucian, Dialogi Marini, poseidon and alpheios, chapter 1 1:1)
  • Νῦν οὖν ἔτι ἐρᾷ τῆς βοός· (Lucian, Dialogi Marini, notus and zephuros, chapter 15)

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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