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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

  • λέγων. ὅταν ἐρωτῶσιν ὑμᾶσ οἱ υἱοὶ ὑμῶν λέγοντεσ. τί εἰσιν οἱ λίθοι οὗτοι̣ (Septuagint, Liber Iosue 4:21)
  • οἶδα ὅθεν σοι τὰ κομψὰ ταῦτα ἐρωτήματά ἐστιν, παρὰ τῶν καταράτων σοφιστῶν, οἳ μηδὲ προνοεῖν ἡμᾶσ τῶν ἀνθρώπων φασὶν ἐκεῖνοι γοῦν τὰ τοιαῦτα ἐρωτῶσιν ὑπ’ ἀσεβείασ, ἀποτρέποντεσ καὶ τοὺσ ἄλλουσ θύειν καὶ εὔχεσθαι ὡσ εἰκαῖον ὄν· (Lucian, Juppiter confuatus, (no name) 6:1)
  • οὐκ ἐτὸσ ἐρωτῶσίν με προσιόντεσ τινέσ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 10, book 10, chapter 10 2:9)
  • δ’ ὁ θεὸσ εἰή καὶ πρόσ τι μουσικὸν ὄντα καὶ νησιώτην, ὑμνουμένησ τῆσ πελαγίου σειρῆνοσ, εὐμενῶσ καὶ καταγελᾶν τῶν ἐρωτημάτων ἐκείνων, ἃ σκώπτοντεσ ἐρωτῶσιν οὗτοι, δια τί Ἀπολλων συθ οὐδὲ τριγλοβο δὴ γινώσκοντα Ἀφροδίτην ὁμου κατὰ θάλατταν ποιουμένην αὑτῆσ ἱερὰ καὶ ἀδελφὰ καὶ μηδενὶ φονευομένῳ χαίρουσαν. (Plutarch, De sollertia animalium, chapter, section 35 18:1)
  • πότερον ὅτι τὸν Πῖκον λέγουσιν ὑπὸ φαρμάκων τῆσ γυναικὸσ μεταβαλεῖν τὴν φύσιν καὶ γενόμενον δρυοκολάπτην ἀποφθέγγεσθαι λόγια καὶ χρησμῳδεῖν τοῖσ ἐρωτῶσιν; (Plutarch, Quaestiones Romanae, section 21 1:1)

Synonyms

  1. to ask

  2. to ask about a thing

Derived

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