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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

  • ἡ δὲ Κακία παρεστῶσα γυμνὴ καὶ μηδενὸσ δεομένη τῶν ἔξωθεν ἐπὶ τὸν ἄνθρωπον ἐρωτάτω τὴν Τύχην πῶσ ποιήσει κακοδαίμονα καὶ ἄθυμον τὸν ἄνθρωπον. (Plutarch, An vitiositas ad infelicitatem sufficia, section 3 2:3)
  • ἡ δὲ Κακία παρεστῶσα γυμνὴ καὶ μηδενὸσ δεομένη τῶν ἔξωθεν ἐπὶ τὸν ἄνθρωπον ἐρωτάτω καὶ τὴν Τύχην, πῶσ ποιήσει κακοδαίμονα καὶ ἄθυμον τὸν ἄνθρωπον. (Plutarch, An vitiositas ad infelicitatem sufficia, section 3 5:2)
  • ἔστω γὰρ ὁ μὲν ἀληθὴσ ἀριθμὸσ ἡμῖν εἴκοσιν, οἱο͂ν, κυάμουσ τισ εἴκοσιν ἐσ τὴν χεῖρα λαβών, ἐπικλεισάμενοσ ἐρωτάτω δέκα τινάσ, ὁπόσοι εἰσὶν οἱ κύαμοι ἐν τῇ χειρὶ αὐτοῦ, οἱ δὲ εἰκάζοντεσ ὁ μὲν ἑπτά, ὁ δὲ πέντε, ὁ δὲ τριάκοντα λεγέτωσαν, ὁ δέ τισ δέκα ἢ πεντεκαίδεκα, καὶ ὅλωσ ἄλλοσ ἄλλον τινὰ ἀριθμόν· (Lucian, 135:3)
  • ἐπεὶ τοίνυν ὁ Κωλώτησ οὐκ ἦν σοφὸσ οὐδὲ μετὰ τὰσ σεβάσεισ ἐκείνασ, ἐρωτάτω πρῶτον ἐκεῖνα τὰ ἐρωτήματα, πῶσ σιτία προσάγεται καὶ οὐ χόρτον ἐπιτήδειοσ ὢν, καὶ τὸ ἱμάτιον τῷ σώματι καὶ οὐ τῷ κίονι περιτίθησι, μήθ’ ἱμάτιον εἶναι τὸ ἱμάτιον μήτε σιτίον τὸ σιτίον ἀμεταπείστωσ πεπεισμένοσ. (Plutarch, Adversus Colotem, section 194)
  • Ἔπειτα ἐπιδείτω, τάσ τε ἀρχὰσ βαλλόμενοσ ἐπὶ τὸ κάτηγμα, καὶ τἄλλα πάντα ὥσπερ πρότερον παρῃνέθη, χειριζέτω‧ καὶ ἐρωτήματα ταὐτὰ ἐρωτάτω‧ καὶ σημείοισι χρήσθω τοῖσιν αὐτέοισιν, εἰ μετρίωσ ἔχει, ἢ οὔ‧ καὶ διὰ τρίτησ ἐπιδείτω, καὶ ἐπὶ μᾶλλον πιεζέτω‧ καὶ ἑβδομαῖον ἢ ἐναταῖον ἐν νάρθηξι δησάτω [, ἔστ’ ἂν ὑπὲρ τριήκοντα ἡμέρασ γίνηται]. (Hippocrates, Oeuvres Completes D'Hippocrate., , 8.5)

Synonyms

  1. to ask

  2. to ask about a thing

Derived

Similar forms

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