Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἔρομαι

Non-contract Verb; 이상동사 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἔρομαι

Structure: έ̓ρ (Stem) + ομαι (Ending)

Sense

  1. to ask, enquire
  2. to learn by enquiry, to ask after or for
  3. to enquire of, question
  4. to ask, about

Conjugation

Present tense

Imperfect tense

Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἠρόμην ή̓ρου ή̓ρετο
Dual ή̓ρεσθον ἠρέσθην
Plural ἠρόμεθα ή̓ρεσθε ή̓ροντο

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

  • τίνα οὖν ἐρόμενοι ἂν δικαίωσ ἐροίμεθα ὁποῖοι μέτριοι πόνοι καὶ σιτία πρὸσ τὸ σῶμά ἐστιν; (Plato, Alcibiades 1, Alcibiades 2, Hipparchus, Lovers, Theages, Charmides, Laches, Lysis, 55:1)
  • τίνα δὲ περὶ μαθημάτων εἰσ ψυχὴν φυτεύσεώσ τε καὶ σπορᾶσ ἐρωτῶντεσ δικαίωσ ἂν ἐροίμεθα ὁπόσα καὶ ὁποῖα μέτρια; (Plato, Alcibiades 1, Alcibiades 2, Hipparchus, Lovers, Theages, Charmides, Laches, Lysis, 59:1)
  • οὐκοῦν πάλιν ἂν αὐτοὺσ τὸ ἐναντίον εἰ ἐροίμεθα· (Plato, Euthydemus, Protagoras, Gorgias, Meno, 372:3)
  • φέρε γάρ, ὦ πρὸσ Διόσ τε καὶ Ἀπόλλωνοσ, ὦ ἄριστοι τῶν ἀνδρῶν, εἰ τοὺσ νομοθετήσαντασ ὑμῖν αὐτοὺσ τούτουσ ἐροίμεθα θεούσ· (Plato, Laws, book 2 61:1)

Synonyms

  1. to ask

  2. to enquire of

  3. to ask

Derived

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

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