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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

  • ἐρώτησον τὰ παιδάριά σου καὶ ἀπαγγελοῦσί σοι. καὶ εὑρέτωσαν τὰ παιδάρια χάριν ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖσ σου, ὅτι ἐφ̓ ἡμέραν ἀγαθὴν ἥκομεν. δὸσ δὴ ὃ ἐὰν εὕρῃ ἡ χείρ σου τῷ υἱῷ σου τῷ Δαυίδ. (Septuagint, Liber I Samuelis 25:8)
  • ἐρώτησον καὶ μάθε τίσ εἰμι καὶ οἱ λοιποὶ οἱ βοηθοῦντεσ ἡμῖν, καὶ λέγουσιν. οὐκ ἔστιν ὑμῖν στάσισ ποδὸσ κατὰ πρόσωπον ἡμῶν, ὅτι δὶσ ἐτροπώθησαν οἱ πατέρεσ σου ἐν γῇ αὐτῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees I 10:72)
  • ἀλλὰ δὴ ἐρώτησον τετράποδα ἐάν σοι εἴπωσι, πετεινὰ δὲ οὐρανοῦ ἐάν σοι ἀπαγγείλωσιν. (Septuagint, Liber Iob 12:7)
  • ἐφ’ ὁδοῦ στῆθι καὶ ἔπιδε, καθημένη ἐν Ἀροήρ, καὶ ἐρώτησον φεύγοντα καὶ σῳζόμενον καὶ εἰπόν. τί ἐγένετο̣ (Septuagint, Liber Ieremiae 31:19)
  • ἐρώτησον ἀποκρινοῦμαι γάρ. (Lucian, Bis accusatus sive tribunalia, (no name) 22:2)

Synonyms

  1. to ask

  2. to ask about a thing

Derived

Similar forms

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