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ἐρωτάω

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

εἰρωτάω ‎(eirōtáō) (Epic)

(4th AD Koine) IPA^(key): /erotáo/

(10th AD Byzantine) IPA^(key): /erotáo/

(15th AD Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /eɾotáo/

Verb

ἐρωτάω • ‎(erōtáō)

to ask
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 4.347
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 17.138
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 9.364
- 429 BCE, Sophocles, Oedipus the King 1122
- 423 BCE, Aristophanes, The Clouds 641
- 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Laws 895.E
- 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Cyropaedia 1.4.3
1. to ask about a thing
  - 525 BCE – 455 BCE, Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 226
  - 380 BCE, Plato, The Republic 508.A
  - 366 BCE – 348 BCE, Plato, Theaetetus 185.C
  - 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 3.61
  - 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Memorabilia 4.2.23
  - 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Laws 662.D
2. (follwed by a relative word)
  - 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 15.423
  - 460 BCE – 370 BCE, Hippocrates, Collected Works 682.46
  - 467 BCE, Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 182
  - 446 BCE – 386 BCE, Aristophanes, The Acharnians 648
to question
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 5.97
- 480 BCE – 411 BCE, Antiphon of Rhamnus, Collected Works 144.7
- 413 BCE, Euripides, Ion 236
- 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Anabasis 3.1.7
- 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Memorabilia 1.3.1
- 407 BCE, Euripides, Iphigenia in Aulis 1130
1. (in dialectic argument) to elicit conclusions from the opponent by means of questioning
  - 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Prior Analytics 1.1.3
  - 125 CE – 200 CE, Lucian, How to Write History 17
(post-classical) to beg, entreat, solicit
- 300 BCE – 200 BCE, 1 Samuel 30.21
- 50 CE – 100 CE, The Gospel of Luke 8.37
- 50 CE – 100 CE, The Gospel of Luke 7.36
- 50 CE – 100 CE, The Gospel of Luke 7.3
- 50 CE – 100 CE, The Gospel of John 16.26

Usage notes

In the dialogues of Plato, ἠρόμην ‎(ērómēn) typically supplies the aorist tense-forms for ἐρωτάω.

Inflection

Present: ἐρωτῶ, ἐρωτῶμαι (Contracted)

number		singular			dual		plural
present		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ἐρωτῶ	ἐρωτᾷς	ἐρωτᾷ	ἐρωτᾶτον	ἐρωτᾶτον	ἐρωτῶμεν	ἐρωτᾶτε	ἐρωτῶσῐ(ν)
	subjunctive	ἐρωτῶ	ἐρωτᾷς	ἐρωτᾷ	ἐρωτᾶτον	ἐρωτᾶτον	ἐρωτῶμεν	ἐρωτᾶτε	ἐρωτῶσῐ(ν)
	optative	ἐρωτῴην/ ἐρωτῷμῐ	ἐρωτῴης/ ἐρωτῷς	ἐρωτῴη/ ἐρωτῷ	ἐρωτῴητον/ ἐρωτῷτον	ἐρωτῳήτην/ ἐρωτῴτην	ἐρωτῴημεν/ ἐρωτῷμεν	ἐρωτῴητε/ ἐρωτῷτε	ἐρωτῴησᾰν/ ἐρωτῷεν
	imperative		ἐρώτᾱ	ἐρωτάτω	ἐρωτᾶτον	ἐρωτάτων		ἐρωτᾶτε	ἐρωτώντων
middle/ passive	indicative	ἐρωτῶμαι	ἐρωτᾷ	ἐρωτᾶται	ἐρωτᾶσθον	ἐρωτᾶσθον	ἐρωτώμεθᾰ	ἐρωτᾶσθε	ἐρωτῶνται
	subjunctive	ἐρωτῶμαι	ἐρωτᾷ	ἐρωτᾶται	ἐρωτᾶσθον	ἐρωτᾶσθον	ἐρωτώμεθᾰ	ἐρωτᾶσθε	ἐρωτῶνται
	optative	ἐρωτῴμην	ἐρωτῷο	ἐρωτῷτο	ἐρωτῷσθον	ἐρωτῴσθην	ἐρωτῴμεθᾰ	ἐρωτῷσθε	ἐρωτῷντο
	imperative		ἐρωτῶ	ἐρωτάσθω	ἐρωτᾶσθον	ἐρωτάσθων		ἐρωτᾶσθε	ἐρωτάσθων
		active				middle/passive
infinitive		ἐρωτᾶν				ἐρωτᾶσθαι
participle		ἐρωτῶν , ἐρωτῶσᾰ , ἐρωτῶν				ἐρωτώμενος , ἐρωτωμένη , ἐρωτώμενον

Present: ἐρωτάω, ἐρωτάομαι (Uncontracted)

number		singular			dual		plural
present		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ἐρωτάω	ἐρωτάεις	ἐρωτάει	ἐρωτάετον	ἐρωτάετον	ἐρωτάομεν	ἐρωτάετε	ἐρωτάουσῐ(ν)
	subjunctive	ἐρωτάω	ἐρωτάῃς	ἐρωτάῃ	ἐρωτάητον	ἐρωτάητον	ἐρωτάωμεν	ἐρωτάητε	ἐρωτάωσῐ(ν)
	optative	ἐρωτάοιμῐ	ἐρωτάοις	ἐρωτάοι	ἐρωτάοιτον	ἐρωτᾰοίτην	ἐρωτάοιμεν	ἐρωτάοιτε	ἐρωτάοιεν
	imperative		ἐρώτᾰε	ἐρωτᾰέτω	ἐρωτάετον	ἐρωτᾰέτων		ἐρωτάετε	ἐρωτᾰόντων
middle/ passive	indicative	ἐρωτάομαι	ἐρωτάει/ ἐρωτάῃ	ἐρωτάεται	ἐρωτάεσθον	ἐρωτάεσθον	ἐρωτᾰόμεθᾰ	ἐρωτάεσθε	ἐρωτάονται
	subjunctive	ἐρωτάωμαι	ἐρωτάῃ	ἐρωτάηται	ἐρωτάησθον	ἐρωτάησθον	ἐρωτᾰώμεθᾰ	ἐρωτάησθε	ἐρωτάωνται
	optative	ἐρωτᾰοίμην	ἐρωτάοιο	ἐρωτάοιτο	ἐρωτάοισθον	ἐρωτᾰοίσθην	ἐρωτᾰοίμεθᾰ	ἐρωτάοισθε	ἐρωτάοιντο
	imperative		ἐρωτάου	ἐρωτᾰέσθω	ἐρωτάεσθον	ἐρωτᾰέσθων		ἐρωτάεσθε	ἐρωτᾰέσθων
		active				middle/passive
infinitive		ἐρωτάειν				ἐρωτάεσθαι
participle		ἐρωτάων , ἐρωτάουσᾰ , ἐρώτᾰον				ἐρωτᾰόμενος , ἐρωτᾰομένη , ἐρωτᾰόμενον

Future: ἐρωτήσω, ἐρωτήσομαι

number		singular			dual		plural
future		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ἐρωτήσω	ἐρωτήσεις	ἐρωτήσει	ἐρωτήσετον	ἐρωτήσετον	ἐρωτήσομεν	ἐρωτήσετε	ἐρωτήσουσῐ(ν)
active	optative	ἐρωτήσοιμῐ	ἐρωτήσοις	ἐρωτήσοι	ἐρωτήσοιτον	ἐρωτησοίτην	ἐρωτήσοιμεν	ἐρωτήσοιτε	ἐρωτήσοιεν
middle	indicative	ἐρωτήσομαι	ἐρωτήσει/ ἐρωτήσῃ	ἐρωτήσεται	ἐρωτήσεσθον	ἐρωτήσεσθον	ἐρωτησόμεθᾰ	ἐρωτήσεσθε	ἐρωτήσονται
middle	optative	ἐρωτησοίμην	ἐρωτήσοιο	ἐρωτήσοιτο	ἐρωτήσοισθον	ἐρωτησοίσθην	ἐρωτησοίμεθᾰ	ἐρωτήσοισθε	ἐρωτήσοιντο
		active				middle
infinitive		ἐρωτήσειν				ἐρωτήσεσθαι
participle		ἐρωτήσων , ἐρωτήσουσᾰ , ερώτησον				ἐρωτησόμενος , ἐρωτησομένη , ἐρωτησόμενον

References

ἐρωτάω in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
ἐρωτάω in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
ἐρωτάω in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
«ἐρωτάω» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
“G2065”, in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979
«ἐρωτάω» in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th-12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
pp. 44-47, section 16.2. Albert Rijksbaron. The Syntax and Semantics of the Verb in Classical Greek. University of Chicago Press, 2006.

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ἐρωτάω

ἐρωτάω

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Verb

Usage notes

Inflection

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