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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

  1. to ask, enquire, about
  2. to question

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular έ̓ρω έ̓ρεις έ̓ρει
Dual έ̓ρειτον έ̓ρειτον
Plural έ̓ρουμεν έ̓ρειτε έ̓ρουσιν*
SubjunctiveSingular έ̓ρω έ̓ρῃς έ̓ρῃ
Dual έ̓ρητον έ̓ρητον
Plural έ̓ρωμεν έ̓ρητε έ̓ρωσιν*
OptativeSingular έ̓ροιμι έ̓ροις έ̓ροι
Dual έ̓ροιτον ἐροίτην
Plural έ̓ροιμεν έ̓ροιτε έ̓ροιεν
ImperativeSingular ε͂̓ρει ἐρεῖτω
Dual έ̓ρειτον ἐρεῖτων
Plural έ̓ρειτε ἐροῦντων, ἐρεῖτωσαν
Infinitive έ̓ρειν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἐρων ἐρουντος ἐρουσα ἐρουσης ἐρουν ἐρουντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular έ̓ρουμαι έ̓ρει, έ̓ρῃ έ̓ρειται
Dual έ̓ρεισθον έ̓ρεισθον
Plural ἐροῦμεθα έ̓ρεισθε έ̓ρουνται
SubjunctiveSingular έ̓ρωμαι έ̓ρῃ έ̓ρηται
Dual έ̓ρησθον έ̓ρησθον
Plural ἐρώμεθα έ̓ρησθε έ̓ρωνται
OptativeSingular ἐροίμην έ̓ροιο έ̓ροιτο
Dual έ̓ροισθον ἐροίσθην
Plural ἐροίμεθα έ̓ροισθε έ̓ροιντο
ImperativeSingular έ̓ρου ἐρεῖσθω
Dual έ̓ρεισθον ἐρεῖσθων
Plural έ̓ρεισθε ἐρεῖσθων, ἐρεῖσθωσαν
Infinitive έ̓ρεισθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἐρουμενος ἐρουμενου ἐρουμενη ἐρουμενης ἐρουμενον ἐρουμενου

Imperfect tense

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 ἐνετείλατο αὐτοῖσ λέγων. οὕτωσ ἐρεῖτε τῷ κυρίῳ μου Ἡσαῦ. οὕτωσ λέγει ὁ παῖσ σου Ἰακώβ. μετὰ Λάβαν παρῴκησα, καὶ ἐχρόνισα ἕωσ τοῦ νῦν, (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 32:4)
  • ἐρεῖσ. τοῦ παιδόσ σου Ἰακώβ. δῶρα ἀπέσταλκε τῷ κυρίῳ μου Ἡσαῦ, καὶ ἰδοὺ αὐτὸσ ὀπίσω ἡμῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 32:18)
  • καὶ ἐρεῖτε. ἰδοὺ ὁ παῖσ σου Ἰακὼβ παραγίνεται ὀπίσω ἡμῶν. εἶπε γάρ. ἐξιλάσομαι τὸ πρόσωπον αὐτοῦ ἐν τοῖσ δώροισ τοῖσ προπορευομένοισ αὐτοῦ, καὶ μετὰ τοῦτο ὄψομαι τὸ πρόσωπον αὐτοῦ. ἴσωσ γὰρ προσδέξεται τὸ πρόσωπόν μου. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 32:20)
  • νῦν οὖν δεῦτε ἀποκτείνωμεν αὐτὸν καὶ ρίψωμεν αὐτὸν εἰσ ἕνα τῶν λάκκων καὶ ἐροῦμεν. θηρίον πονηρὸν κατέφαγεν αὐτόν. καὶ ὀψόμεθα, τί ἔσται τὰ ἐνύπνια αὐτοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 37:20)
  • οἱ δὲ εἶπαν. ἐρωτῶν ἐπηρώτησεν ἡμᾶσ ὁ ἄνθρωποσ καὶ τὴν γενεὰν ἡμῶν λέγων. εἰ ἔτι ὁ πατὴρ ὑμῶν ζῇ καὶ εἰ ἔστιν ὑμῖν ἀδελφόσ̣ καὶ ἀπηγγείλαμεν αὐτῷ κατὰ τὴν ἐπερώτησιν ταύτην. μὴ ᾔδειμεν ὅτι ἐρεῖ ἡμῖν. ἀγάγετε τὸν ἀδελφὸν ὑμῶν̣ (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 43:6)
  • Καὶ ἱματίῳ ἐὰν γένηται ἁφὴ ἐν αὐτῷ λέπρασ ἐν ἱματίῳ ἐρέῳ, ἢ ἐν ἱματίῳ στυππυίνῳ, (Septuagint, Liber Leviticus 13:47)
  • καὶ Ἀσὴρ οὐκ ἐξῇρε τοὺσ κατοικοῦντασ Ἀκχώ, καὶ ἐγένετο αὐτῷ εἰσ φόρον, καὶ τοὺσ κατοικοῦντασ Δὼρ καὶ τοὺσ κατοικοῦντασ Σιδῶνα καὶ τοὺσ κατοικοῦντασ Ἀαλάφ, τὸν Ἀσχαζὶ καὶ τὸν Χελβὰ καὶ τὸν Ναί̈ καὶ τὸν Ἐρεώ. (Septuagint, Liber Iudicum 1:31)
  • οὐκ ἐρέω· (Colluthus, Rape of Helen, book 1144)
  • ἄλλο δὲ τοί τι ἔποσ ἐρέω, μέγα φέρτατε λαῶν· (Hesiod, Shield of Heracles, Book Sh. 31:3)
  • ἐρέω δὲ καὶ νόμουσ τοῖσιν ἐσ τὰ ἱρὰ χρέωνται, καὶ πανηγύριασ τὰσ ἄγουσιν καὶ θυσίασ τὰσ ἐπιτελέουσιν. (Lucian, De Syria dea, (no name) 1:4)

Synonyms

  1. to ask

  2. to question

Related

Derived

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

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