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ἔραμαι

-μι athematic Verb; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἔραμαι ἐρασθήσομαι ἠράσθην ἤρασμαι

Structure: έ̓ρα (Stem) + μαι (Ending)

Sense

  1. (with genitive), I love (usually of romantic/sexual love, usually of a man)
  2. (of things) I passionately desire, lust after

Conjugation

Present tense

Future tense

Middle
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐρασθήσομαι ἐρασθήσει, ἐρασθήσῃ ἐρασθήσεται
Dual ἐρασθήσεσθον ἐρασθήσεσθον
Plural ἐρασθησόμεθα ἐρασθήσεσθε ἐρασθήσονται
OptativeSingular ἐρασθησοίμην ἐρασθήσοιο ἐρασθήσοιτο
Dual ἐρασθήσοισθον ἐρασθησοίσθην
Plural ἐρασθησοίμεθα ἐρασθήσοισθε ἐρασθήσοιντο
Infinitive ἐρασθήσεσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἐρασθησομενος ἐρασθησομενου ἐρασθησομενη ἐρασθησομενης ἐρασθησομενον ἐρασθησομενου
Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐρασθήσομαι ἐρασθήσῃ ἐρασθήσεται
Dual ἐρασθήσεσθον ἐρασθήσεσθον
Plural ἐρασθησόμεθα ἐρασθήσεσθε ἐρασθήσονται
OptativeSingular ἐρασθησοίμην ἐρασθήσοιο ἐρασθήσοιτο
Dual ἐρασθήσοισθον ἐρασθησοίσθην
Plural ἐρασθησοίμεθα ἐρασθήσοισθε ἐρασθήσοιντο
Infinitive ἐρασθήσεσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἐρασθησομενος ἐρασθησομενου ἐρασθησομενη ἐρασθησομενης ἐρασθησομενον ἐρασθησομενου

Imperfect tense

Aorist 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

  • κείνων ἔραμαι, κεῖθι γενοίμαν, ἵν’ ὁ κῆρύξ φησι, ’τίσ ἀψήφιστοσ; (Aristophanes, Wasps, Choral, anapests4)
  • κα# ὗσ τὰν βάλανον τὰν μὲν ἔχει, τὰν δ’ ἔραται λαβεῖν κἀγὼ παῖδα καλὴν τὴν μὲν ἔχω,1 τὴν δ’ ἔραμαι λαβεῖν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 15, book 15, chapter 50 7:5)
  • πρὸσ θεῶν, ἔραμαι τέττιγα φαγεῖν καὶ κερκώπην θηρευσαμένη καλάμῳ λεπτῷ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 4, book 4, chapter 10 2:3)
  • οὐκ ἔραμαι πολὺν ἐν μεγάρῳ πλοῦτον κατακρύψαισ ἔχειν, ἀλλ’ ἐόντων εὖ τε παθεῖν καὶ ἀκοῦσαι φίλοισ ἐξαρκέων. (Pindar, Odes, nemean odes, nemean 1 9:2)
  • ὅμωσ δ’ ἔραμαι πυθέσθαι τί τοῦτο; (Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus, choral, strophe 12)

Synonyms

  1. I passionately desire

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Derived

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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