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ἐρέω

ε-contract Verb; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐρέω

Structure: ἐρέ (Stem) + ω (Ending)

Etym.: epic Verb, = e)reei/nw, e)/romai, e)rwta/w, not to be confounded with e)re/w, future of e)rw=

Sense

to ask, enquire, about
to question

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
Indicative	Singular	έ̓ρω	έ̓ρεις	έ̓ρει
	Dual		έ̓ρειτον	έ̓ρειτον
	Plural	έ̓ρουμεν	έ̓ρειτε	έ̓ρουσιν*
Subjunctive	Singular	έ̓ρω	έ̓ρῃς	έ̓ρῃ
	Dual		έ̓ρητον	έ̓ρητον
	Plural	έ̓ρωμεν	έ̓ρητε	έ̓ρωσιν*
Optative	Singular	έ̓ροιμι	έ̓ροις	έ̓ροι
	Dual		έ̓ροιτον	ἐροίτην
	Plural	έ̓ροιμεν	έ̓ροιτε	έ̓ροιεν
Imperative	Singular		ε͂̓ρει	ἐρεῖτω
	Dual		έ̓ρειτον	ἐρεῖτων
	Plural		έ̓ρειτε	ἐροῦντων, ἐρεῖτωσαν
Infinitive		έ̓ρειν
Participle		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Participle		ἐρων ἐρουντος	ἐρουσα ἐρουσης	ἐρουν ἐρουντος
Middle/Passive
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
Indicative	Singular	έ̓ρουμαι	έ̓ρει, έ̓ρῃ	έ̓ρειται
	Dual		έ̓ρεισθον	έ̓ρεισθον
	Plural	ἐροῦμεθα	έ̓ρεισθε	έ̓ρουνται
Subjunctive	Singular	έ̓ρωμαι	έ̓ρῃ	έ̓ρηται
	Dual		έ̓ρησθον	έ̓ρησθον
	Plural	ἐρώμεθα	έ̓ρησθε	έ̓ρωνται
Optative	Singular	ἐροίμην	έ̓ροιο	έ̓ροιτο
	Dual		έ̓ροισθον	ἐροίσθην
	Plural	ἐροίμεθα	έ̓ροισθε	έ̓ροιντο
Imperative	Singular		έ̓ρου	ἐρεῖσθω
	Dual		έ̓ρεισθον	ἐρεῖσθων
	Plural		έ̓ρεισθε	ἐρεῖσθων, ἐρεῖσθωσαν
Infinitive		έ̓ρεισθαι
Participle		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Participle		ἐρουμενος ἐρουμενου	ἐρουμενη ἐρουμενης	ἐρουμενον ἐρουμενου

Imperfect tense

Active
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
Indicative	Singular	ή̓ρουν	ή̓ρεις	ή̓ρειν*
	Dual		ἠρεῖτον	ἠρείτην
	Plural	ἠροῦμεν	ἠρεῖτε	ή̓ρουν
Middle/Passive
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
Indicative	Singular	ἠρούμην	ή̓ρου	ἠρεῖτο
	Dual		ἠρεῖσθον	ἠρείσθην
	Plural	ἠρούμεθα	ἠρεῖσθε	ἠροῦντο

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 αὐτοὺσ ἐρώμεθα, ὦ Ἀδείμαντε, τοὺσ ἱππέασ, εἰ δέξονταί σε ἄρχοντα σφῶν γενέσθαι. (Lucian, 53:3)
"φράσωμεν αὐτοῖσιν οἵτινέσ εἰμεν, καὶ αὐτοὺσ ἐρώμεθα κατ̓ ὅτι ταύτην ἐλαύνουσιν. (Arrian, Indica, chapter 34 9:4)
"ἀλλὰ διδόντεσ αὐτῷ τὸ μηδὲν οὕτωσ ἄχρηστον εἶναι μηδὲ φορτικὸν ὡσ τὸ ζητεῖν αὑτόν, ἐρώμεθα τίσ αὕτη τοῦ βίου σύγχυσίσ ἐστιν ἢ πῶσ ἐν τῷ ζῆν οὐ δύναται διαμένειν ἀνήρ, ὅτε τύχοι, πρὸσ ἑαυτὸν ἀναλογιζόμενοσ φέρε, τίσ ὢν οὗτοσ ὁ ἐγὼ τυγχάνω; (Plutarch, Adversus Colotem, section 211)
"φέρε, παθόντεσ ἀνδρῶν πάθοσ ἐλευθέρων ἐρώμεθα πότερον ἄλλουσ ἀναμένει μαχουμένουσ ὑπὲρ τῆσ Ἰταλίασ, ἡμῖν δὲ λειτουργοῖσ χρήσεται διὰ παντόσ, ὅταν δέῃται τάφρουσ ὀρύσσειν καὶ πηλὸν ἐκκαθαίρειν καὶ ποταμούσ τινασ παρατρέπειν; (Plutarch, Caius Marius, chapter 16 4:2)
κἀγὼ προσπαίζων αὐτοὺσ ἠρόμην, βούλεσθε, ἔφην, ἐπειδὴ ἡμεῖσ ἐν ἀπορίᾳ ἐσμέν, ἐρώμεθα ταυτὶ τὰ μειράκια; (Plato, Alcibiades 1, Alcibiades 2, Hipparchus, Lovers, Theages, Charmides, Laches, Lysis, 62:2)

Synonyms

to ask
- ἔρομαι (to ask, enquire)
- ἀνέρομαι (to ask about)
- ἀνέρομαι (to ask, about)
- ἔρομαι (to ask, about)
- μεταλλάω (to ask about or after)
- μεταλλάω (to ask, about, ask)
- ἐρωτάω (to ask about a thing)
- πυνθάνομαι ( I hear about, ask about)
to question
- ἐπιψηφίζω (to put the question)
- ἐπερωτάω ( to put the question)
- προσερωτάω (to question besides)
- ἀντερωτάω (to question in turn)
- διείρομαι (to question closely)
- ἐπανέρομαι (to question again and again)
- ἐπανερωτάω (to question again)
- διερωτάω (to cross-question)
- ἀνερωτάω (to question, ask)
- μεταλλάω (to inquire of, question)
- ὑπερωτάω (to reply by a question)
- ἔρομαι (to enquire of, question)
- ἀνέρομαι (to enquire of, question)
- ἐπιψηφίζω (to put the question to, take)

συνθέω (to run together with)
τοὔνεκα (for that reason)
ἐξερέω (I will speak out)
αἰδέομαι (to be ashamed to do)
νοέω (to perceive)
δήνεα (counsels)
πρόφρων (with forward mind)
θεοπροπία (a prophecy)
φιλέω (I love)
ἄλκαρ (a safeguard)
ὀδύρομαι (to lament)
ἔμπηρος (crippled)
δμώς (a slave taken in war)
ἤια (provisions for a journey)
μεγαίρω (to look on)
ἀέκητι (against one's will)
μῆχος (means)
χερείων (meaner)
κερτομέω (to taunt or sneer at)
ἠπεδανός (weakly)
μαψίδιος (vain)
ὀαρος (familiar converse)
ἐπιτάρροθος (a helper)
ὅστε (who)
ἐπαινέω (I approve)
γάλοως (a husband's sister or brother's wife)
ὑπερφίαλος (overbearing)
ἦδος (delight)
Ἠδών (one of the Edoni)
καταθύμιος (in the mind or thoughts)

Derived

ἐξερέω (to inquire into, to inquire of, to search through)
κατερέω (to speak against, accuse, to denounce)
προερέω (to say beforehand, be said by way of preface, to order)
προσερέω (to speak to, address, accost)
προτερέω (to be before, be in advance, to be forward)
συνερέω (to speak with or together, advocate, support in a speech)

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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ἐρέω

Sense

Conjugation

Present tense

Imperfect tense

Examples

Synonyms

to ask

to question

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Similar forms

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Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language English 한국어

ἐρέω

Sense

Conjugation

Present tense

Imperfect tense

Examples

Synonyms

to ask

to question

Related

Derived

Similar forms

SEARCH

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Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

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