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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

  • ἐπὶ τούτοισ οἱ περὶ Κράσσον εἰσ Ῥώμην ἐπανελθόντεσ εὐθὺσ ἦσαν ὕποπτοι, καί πολὺσ ἐχώρει διὰ πάντων λόγοσ οὐκ ἐπ’ ἀγαθῷ γεγονέναι τὴν σύνοδον αὐτῶν, ἐν δὲ τῇ βουλῇ Μαρκελλίνου καί Δομιτίου Πομπήιον ἐρωτώντων εἰ μέτεισιν ὑπατείαν, ἀπεκρίνατο τυχὸν μὲν μετιέναι, τυχὸν δὲ μὴ μετιέναι· (Plutarch, chapter 15 1:1)
  • ἐν οἷσι μὲν οὖν μηδ’ εἰθισμένοι τὸ ἀληθὲσ ζητεῖν ἐσμεν ὑπὸ πονηρᾶσ τροφῆσ, ἐξαρκεῖ δὲ τὸ προταθὲν τῶν εἰδώλων, οὐ καταγέλαστοι γιγνόμεθα ὑπ’ ἀλλήλων, οἱ ἐρωτώμενοι ὑπὸ τῶν ἐρωτώντων, δυναμένων δὲ τὰ τέτταρα διαρρίπτειν τε καὶ ἐλέγχειν· (Plato, Epistles, Letter 7 129:1)
  • Ἀντώνιοσ δὲ δημαρχῶν Καίσαροσ ὑπὲρ τούτων ἐπιστολὴν κομισθεῖσαν εἰσ τὸ πλῆθοσ ἐξήνεγκε καὶ ἀνέγνω βίᾳ τῶν ὑπάτων, ἐν δὲ τῇ βουλῇ Σκηπίων μὲν ὁ Πομπηϊού πενθερὸσ εἰσηγήσατο γνώμην, ἂν ἐν ἡμέρᾳ ῥητῇ μὴ κατάθηται τὰ ὅπλα Καῖσαρ, ἀποδειχθῆναι πολέμιον αὐτόν, ἐρωτώντων δὲ τῶν ὑπάτων εἰ δοκεῖ Πομπήϊον ἀφεῖναι τοὺσ στρατιώτασ, καὶ πάλιν, εἰ δοκεῖ Καίσαρα, τῇ μὲν ὀλίγοι παντάπασι, τῇ δὲ πάντεσ παρ’ ὀλίγουσ προσέθεντο τῶν δὲ περὶ Ἀντώνιον πάλιν ἀξιούντων ἀμφοτέρουσ τὴν ἀρχὴν ἀφεῖναι, πάντεσ ὁμαλῶσ προσεχώρησαν. (Plutarch, Caesar, chapter 30 2:3)
  • "ἀγρίων καὶ βαρβάρων ἠθῶν εἶτ’ οὐχ ὑπέρευ Θαλῆσ ὁ παλαιὸσ ἀπὸ ξένησ ἐλθὼν διὰ χρόνου, τῶν φίλων ἐρωτώντων ὅ τι καινότατον ἱστορήκοι, τύραννον ἔφη γέροντα. (Plutarch, De genio Socratis, section 6 2:1)
  • εἶτα τούτουσ μέν, ὦ βέλτιστε, τοὺσ λόγουσ, ὧν καταγελᾷσ καὶ καλεῖσ ὀνείδη τῶν ἐρωτώντων ὡσ ἐμφανῆ τὴν κακίαν ἔχοντασ, ὅμωσ δέδιασ μή τινασ περισπάσωσιν ἀπὸ τῆσ καταλήψεωσ· (Plutarch, De Stoicorum repugnantiis, section 10 18:1)

Synonyms

  1. to ask

  2. to ask about a thing

Derived

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