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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 Ἰωνάθαν ὁ υἱὸσ Σαοὺλ ᾑρεῖτο τὸν Δαυὶδ σφόδρα, καὶ ἀπήγγειλεν Ἰωνάθαν τῷ Δαυὶδ λέγων. Σαοὺλ ζητεῖ θανατῶσαί σε. φύλαξαι οὖν αὔριον πρωί̈ καὶ κρύβηθι καὶ κάθισον κρυφῇ, (Septuagint, Liber I Samuelis 19:2)
οὕτω γὰρ ἐπῆρτο τῇ ψυχῇ καὶ τοσοῦτον ἔρωτα τῶν καλῶν πράξεων εἶχεν, ὥστε τὸν Φωκίωνα καὶ τὸν Ἐπαμεινώνδαν ἐπιστάμενοσ Ἑλλήνων δικαιοτάτουσ καὶ κρατίστουσ γεγονέναι δοκοῦντασ ἐπὶ τῷ διώσασθαι δωρεὰσ μεγάλασ καὶ μὴ προέσθαι χρημάτων τὸ καλόν, αὐτὸσ εἰσ ταῦτα δαπανᾶσθαι κρύφα καὶ προεισφέρειν, ἐν οἷσ ἐκινδύνευε μόνοσ ὑπὲρ πάντων οὐδὲ εἰδότων τὰ πραττόμενα, ᾑρεῖτο. (Plutarch, Aratus, chapter 19 2:1)
καὶ καθεζόμενοσ αὐτὸσ ἐπί τινοσ δίφρου περὶ ταυτὸν συμμέτρωσ ἔχοντοσ τῇ συστάσει, διείρασ δὲ τὴν εὐώνυμον χεῖρα πρὸσ τὴν ἐπιβολήν, καὶ τῇ ἑτέρᾳ χρησόμενοσ τῷ πλήκτρῳ, καθ’ ὁποίαν δὴ πρώτην ᾑρεῖτο τῶν ἁρμονιῶν μετέστρεφε τῷ ποδὶ τὴν βάσιν εὔτροχον οὖσαν, καὶ πρὸσ ἑτέραν πλευρὰν πάλιν ἐπιβάλλων ἐχρῆτο καὶ πάλιν ἑτέραν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 14, book 14, chapter 39 1:24)
ἐπειδὴ δὲ Θησεὺσ συνῴκισεν αὐτοὺσ καὶ δημοκρατίαν ἐποίησεν καὶ ἡ πόλισ πολυάνθρωποσ ἐγένετο, τὸν μὲν βασιλέα οὐδὲν ἧττον ὁ δῆμοσ ᾑρεῖτο ἐκ προκρίτων κατ’ ἀνδραγαθίαν χειροτονῶν, τὴν δὲ γυναῖκα αὐτοῦ νόμον ἔθεντο ἀστὴν εἶναι καὶ μὴ ἐπιμεμειγμένην ἑτέρῳ ἀνδρὶ ἀλλὰ παρθένον γαμεῖν, ἵνα κατὰ τὰ πάτρια θύηται τὰ ἄρρητα ἱερὰ ὑπὲρ τῆσ πόλεωσ, καὶ τὰ νομιζόμενα γίγνηται τοῖσ θεοῖσ εὐσεβῶσ καὶ μηδὲν καταλύηται μηδὲ καινοτομῆται. (Demosthenes, Speeches 51-61, 114:1)
τὸ χωρίον ἔνθα ἔμελλον ἱδρύσειν τὴν πόλιν οὐ τὸ αὐτὸ ᾑρεῖτο ἑκάτεροσ. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, book 1, chapter 85 8:1)

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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Derived

Similar forms

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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

English

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