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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

  • ὁρ́α δὴ τὴν ἀπόκρισιν, ἐάν σοι ἱκανῶσ λέγεσθαι δοκῇ, καὶ πειρῶ πάλιν αὐτὸσ ἀποκρίνασθαι πρὸσ τὸ ἐρωτώμενον ᾗ ἄριστα οἰεί. (Lucian, De parasito sive artem esse parasiticam, (no name) 60:3)
  • ὅτε καί φασιν ὑπὸ τῶν νέων τινὸσ δημαγωγῶν Κλεομένουσ ἐρωτώμενον εἰ τολμᾷ τἀναντία Θεμιστοκλεῖ πράττειν καὶ λέγειν, παραδιδοὺσ τὰ τείχη τοῖσ Λακεδαιμονίοισ, ἃ Λακεδαιμονίων ἀκόντων ἐκεῖνοσ ἀνέστησεν, εἰπεῖν· (Plutarch, , chapter 14 5:2)
  • τοῖν ἀντιδίκοιν ἐπάναγκεσ εἶναι ἀποκρίνασθαι ἀλλήλοισ τὸ ἐρωτώμενον, μαρτυρεῖν δὲ μή. (Demosthenes, Speeches 41-50, 16:1)
  • ὁρ́α δὲ δὴ τῆσ σκέψεωσ τὴν ἀρχὴν ἐάν σοι ἱκανῶσ λέγηται, καὶ πειρῶ ἀποκρίνεσθαι τὸ ἐρωτώμενον ᾗ ἂν μάλιστα οἰῄ. (Plato, Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Phaedo, 36:3)
  • καί μοι ἔδοξε χρῆναι τὸν μὲν ἕτερον ἀφιέναι, τὸν ἐρωτώμενον, ὅτι οὐδ’ αὐτὸσ προσεποιεῖτο περὶ λόγων ἔμπειροσ εἶναι ἀλλὰ περὶ ἔργων, τὸν δὲ σοφώτερον προσποιούμενον εἶναι διερωτῆσαι, ἵνα καὶ εἴ τι δυναίμην παρ’ αὐτοῦ ὠφεληθείην. (Plato, Alcibiades 1, Alcibiades 2, Hipparchus, Lovers, Theages, Charmides, Laches, Lysis, 9:2)

Synonyms

  1. to ask

  2. to ask about a thing

Derived

Similar forms

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