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

  • καὶ πρὸσ τὸν ἐρόμενον διὰ τί οὐκ ὢν αὐτὸσ ἱκανὸσ ἄλλουσ ποιεῖ, εἶπεν ὅτι καὶ αἱ ἀκόναι αὐταὶ μὲν τέμνειν οὐ δύνανται τὸν δὲ σίδηρον τμητικὸν ποιοῦσιν. (Plutarch, Vitae decem oratorum, , section 1 36:1)
  • ἀποκεκρίσθαι ἔγωγ’ ἄν σε φαίην σχεδὸν ταῦτ’ ἐρόμενον σαφῶσ, καὶ μανθάνω ὡσ ἐρώτησισ οὖσα αὕτη τὰ νῦν ἀπόκρισίσ τέ ἐστιν, ὡσ εἶπον, καὶ ἔτι πρόσταξισ διαπεράνασθαι τὰ περὶ γυμναστικῆσ. (Plato, Laws, book 2 126:4)
  • πρὸσ τὸν μοιχὸν ἐρόμενον εἰ ὀμόσειε μὴ μεμοιχευκέναι, "οὐ χεῖρον," ἔφη, "μοιχείασ ἐπιορκία. (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, , Kef. a'. QALHS 15:4)
  • πρὸσ δὲ τὸν ἐρόμενον ποδαπὴν γήμαι, ἔφη, "ἂν μὲν καλήν, ἕξεισ κοινήν, ἂν δὲ αἰσχράν, ἕξεισ ποινήν. (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, , Kef. a'. ANTISQENHS 3:5)

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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