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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

  • καὶ αὖθισ ἠρώτων τοὺσ ναύτασ ‐ ἀνεπλέομεν γὰρ ἔτι ‐ ἀλλ’ οἵ γε κύκνοι πηνίκα ὑμῖν τὸ λιγυρὸν ἐκεῖνο ᾄδουσιν ἐφεστῶτεσ τῷ ποταμῷ ἔνθεν καὶ ἔνθεν; (Lucian, Electrum, (no name) 4:2)
  • ἐπειδὴ δὲ μόλισ παρ’ αὐτοῦ παρέλαβον τὰ γράμματα, μάρτυρασ ἔχων ἠρώτων Ἀριστόδικον τὸν ἀδελφὸν τὸν Ἀλέξιδοσ αὐτὸσ γὰρ ἐτύγχανε τετελευτηκώσ, εἰ ὁ λόγοσ αὐτῷ εἰή τῆσ τριηραρχίασ. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, chapter 27 4:3)
  • εἶθ’ ὡσ ἦγον καὶ ἠρώτων, ’ κατὰ τὸ καπηλεῖον ἔφη, ὅτι καπηλεῖα ἐδόκει εἶναι ἡ Μαρώνεια, τὸν δὲ Τηλεφάνην, ἐπεὶ ἀναφυσᾶν ἤρχετο παρακατακείμενοσ, ’ ἄνω ἔφη, ’ ὡσ οἱ ἐρυγγάνοντεσ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 8, book 8, chapter 44 2:1)
  • Κρεώφυλοσ δ’ ἐν τοῖσ Ἐφεσίων ̔̀ Ὥροισ οἱ τὴν Ἔφεσον, φησί, κτίζοντεσ καὶ πολλὰ ταλαιπωρηθέντεσ ἀπορίᾳ τόπου τὸ τελευταῖον πέμψαντεσ εἰσ θεοῦ ἠρώτων ὅπου τὸ πόλισμα θῶνται. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 8, book 8, chapter 621)
  • πολλάκισ οὖν αὐτὸν ἠρώτων εἴ τι μέλλει σήμερον συνάγειν ἢ πραγματεύεσθαι πρὸσ τὴν κατηγορίαν· (Plutarch, De capienda ex inimicis utilitate, chapter, section 9 15:1)

Synonyms

  1. to ask

  2. to ask about a thing

Derived

Similar forms

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