ἔρομαι

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Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *erwomai, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rou-neh₂-, which is probably related to Icelandic raun (“trial, test”).

Pronunciation

 

Verb

ἔρομαι • (éromai)

  1. to ask
    • 385 BCE – 380 BCE, Plato, Symposium 192d:
      καὶ εἰ αὐτοῖς ἐν τῷ αὐτῷ κατακειμένοις ἐπιστὰς ὁ Ἥφαιστος, ἔχων τὰ ὄργανα, ἔροιτο: ‘τί ἔσθ᾽ ὃ βούλεσθε, ὦ ἄνθρωποι, ὑμῖν παρ᾽ ἀλλήλων γενέσθαι
      kaì ei autoîs en tôi autôi katakeiménois epistàs ho Hḗphaistos, ékhōn tà órgana, éroito: ‘tí ésth᾽ hò boúlesthe, ô ánthrōpoi, humîn par᾽ allḗlōn genésthai
      suppose that, as they lay together, Hephaestus should descend and stand over them, and showing his tools should ask: ‘What is it, mortals, that you would have of one another?

Usage notes

The present indicative of this verb is almost never used in Attic, being replaced by ἐρωτάω (erōtáō). Ionic and Epic use the alternative form εἴρομαι (eíromai) and the related verb ἐρέω (eréō).

Conjugation

   Present: ἔρομαι
number singular dual plural
first second third second third first second third
middle/
passive 		indicative ἔρομαι ἔρῃ,
ἔρει 		ἔρεται ἔρεσθον ἔρεσθον ἐρόμεθᾰ ἔρεσθε ἔρονται
subjunctive ἔρωμαι ἔρῃ ἔρηται ἔρησθον ἔρησθον ἐρώμεθᾰ ἔρησθε ἔρωνται
optative ἐροίμην ἔροιο ἔροιτο ἔροισθον ἐροίσθην ἐροίμεθᾰ ἔροισθε ἔροιντο
imperative   ἔρου ἐρέσθω ἔρεσθον ἐρέσθων   ἔρεσθε ἐρέσθων
middle/passive
infinitive ἔρεσθαι
participle m ἐρόμενος
f ἐρομένη
n ἐρόμενον
Notes:
This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
   Imperfect: εἰρόμην
number singular dual plural
first second third second third first second third
middle/
passive 		indicative εἰρόμην εἴρου εἴρετο εἴρεσθον εἰρέσθην εἰρόμεθᾰ εἴρεσθε εἴροντο
Notes:
This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
   Future: ἐρήσομαι
number singular dual plural
first second third second third first second third
middle indicative ἐρήσομαι ἐρήσῃ,
ἐρήσει 		ἐρήσεται ἐρήσεσθον ἐρήσεσθον ἐρησόμεθᾰ ἐρήσεσθε ἐρήσονται
optative ἐρησοίμην ἐρήσοιο ἐρήσοιτο ἐρήσοισθον ἐρησοίσθην ἐρησοίμεθᾰ ἐρήσοισθε ἐρήσοιντο
middle
infinitive ἐρήσεσθαι
participle m ἐρησόμενος
f ἐρησομένη
n ἐρησόμενον
Notes:
This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
   Aorist: ἠρόμην
number singular dual plural
first second third second third first second third
middle indicative ἠρόμην ἤρου ἤρετο ἤρεσθον ἠρέσθην ἠρόμεθᾰ ἤρεσθε ἤροντο
subjunctive ἔρωμαι ἔρῃ ἔρηται ἔρησθον ἔρησθον ἐρώμεθᾰ ἔρησθε ἔρωνται
optative ἐροίμην ἔροιο ἔροιτο ἔροισθον ἐροίσθην ἐροίμεθᾰ ἔροισθε ἔροιντο
imperative   ἐροῦ ἐρέσθω ἔρεσθον ἐρέσθων   ἔρεσθε ἐρέσθων
middle
infinitive ἐρέσθαι
participle m ἐρόμενος
f ἐρομένη
n ἐρόμενον
Notes:
This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

Derived terms

References

  • Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἔρομαι”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 391-92

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