Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἐρωτάω

α-contract Verb; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐρωτάω ἐρωτήσω

Structure: ἐρωτά (Stem) + ω (Ending)

Etym.: e)/romai

Sense

  1. to ask
  2. to ask about a thing
  3. (follwed by a relative word)

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐρώτω ἐρώτᾳς ἐρώτᾳ
Dual ἐρώτᾱτον ἐρώτᾱτον
Plural ἐρώτωμεν ἐρώτᾱτε ἐρώτωσιν*
SubjunctiveSingular ἐρώτω ἐρώτῃς ἐρώτῃ
Dual ἐρώτητον ἐρώτητον
Plural ἐρώτωμεν ἐρώτητε ἐρώτωσιν*
OptativeSingular ἐρώτῳμι ἐρώτῳς ἐρώτῳ
Dual ἐρώτῳτον ἐρωτῷτην
Plural ἐρώτῳμεν ἐρώτῳτε ἐρώτῳεν
ImperativeSingular ἐρῶτᾱ ἐρωτᾶτω
Dual ἐρώτᾱτον ἐρωτᾶτων
Plural ἐρώτᾱτε ἐρωτῶντων, ἐρωτᾶτωσαν
Infinitive ἐρώτᾱν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἐρωτων ἐρωτωντος ἐρωτωσα ἐρωτωσης ἐρωτων ἐρωτωντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐρώτωμαι ἐρώτᾳ ἐρώτᾱται
Dual ἐρώτᾱσθον ἐρώτᾱσθον
Plural ἐρωτῶμεθα ἐρώτᾱσθε ἐρώτωνται
SubjunctiveSingular ἐρώτωμαι ἐρώτῃ ἐρώτηται
Dual ἐρώτησθον ἐρώτησθον
Plural ἐρωτώμεθα ἐρώτησθε ἐρώτωνται
OptativeSingular ἐρωτῷμην ἐρώτῳο ἐρώτῳτο
Dual ἐρώτῳσθον ἐρωτῷσθην
Plural ἐρωτῷμεθα ἐρώτῳσθε ἐρώτῳντο
ImperativeSingular ἐρώτω ἐρωτᾶσθω
Dual ἐρώτᾱσθον ἐρωτᾶσθων
Plural ἐρώτᾱσθε ἐρωτᾶσθων, ἐρωτᾶσθωσαν
Infinitive ἐρώτᾱσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἐρωτωμενος ἐρωτωμενου ἐρωτωμενη ἐρωτωμενης ἐρωτωμενον ἐρωτωμενου

Future tense

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

  • ἠρώτησε δὲ Ἰακὼβ καὶ εἶπεν. ἀνάγγειλόν μοι τὸ ὄνομά σου. καὶ εἶπεν. ἱνατί τοῦτο ἐρωτᾶσ σὺ τὸ ὄνομά μου̣ καὶ εὐλόγησεν αὐτὸν ἐκεῖ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 32:29)
  • καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ ὁ ἄγγελοσ Κυρίου. εἰσ τί τοῦτο ἐρωτᾷσ τὸ ὄνομά μου̣ καὶ αὐτό ἐστι θαυμαστόν. (Septuagint, Liber Iudicum 13:18)
  • τίνοσ δ’ οὖν ἕνεκα ταῦτα ἐρωτᾷσ; (Lucian, Dearum judicium, (no name) 3:10)
  • ἐπεὶ δὲ ἅπαξ τοῦ Ἀπόλλωνοσ ἐμνήσθην, βούλομαι καὶ τὰ ἄλλα εἰπεῖν, ἃ περὶ αὐτοῦ οἱ σοφοὶ τῶν ἀνθρώπων λέγουσιν, οὐχ ὅσα περὶ τοὺσ ἔρωτασ ἐδυστύχησεν οὐδὲ τοῦ Υἁκίνθου τὸν φόνον οὐδὲ τῆσ Δάφνησ τὴν ὑπεροψίαν, ἀλλ’ ὅτι καὶ καταγνωσθεὶσ ἐπὶ τῷ τῶν Κυκλώπων θανάτῳ καὶ ἐξοστρακισθεὶσ διὰ τοῦτο ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, ἐπέμφθη εἰσ τὴν γῆν ἀνθρωπίνῃ χρησόμενοσ τῇ τύχῃ· (Lucian, De sacrificiis, (no name) 4:1)
  • τοῖα δὲ παῖδασ Ἔρωτασ ἀνηΰτησεν ἰδοῦσα· (Colluthus, Rape of Helen, book 140)

Synonyms

  1. to ask

  2. to ask about a thing

Derived

Similar forms

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

Find this word at Wiktionary

SEARCH

MENU NAVIGATION