Related to ἐρεείνω (ereeínō, “to ask”), ἔρομαι (éromai, “to ask”) (which it replaced in Attic), ἐρευνάω (ereunáō, “to search, inquire”), of uncertain origin.[1] The hypothetical reconstructed root, Proto-Indo-European *h₁rew- (“to search, inquire”), appears to be related to Icelandic raun (“trial, test”)[2] and Old Armenian որոնեմ (oronem, “to seek, search for”) (though there exist phonetic issues with the Armenian).
ἐρωτᾰ́ω • (erōtáō)
In the dialogues of Plato, ἠρόμην (ērómēn) typically supplies the aorist tense-forms for ἐρωτάω.[3]
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | ἠρώτᾰον | ἠρώτᾰες | ἠρώτᾰε(ν) | ἠρωτᾰ́ετον | ἠρωτᾰέτην | ἠρωτᾰ́ομεν | ἠρωτᾰ́ετε | ἠρώτᾰον | ||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | ἠρωτᾰόμην | ἠρωτᾰ́ου | ἠρωτᾰ́ετο | ἠρωτᾰ́εσθον | ἠρωτᾰέσθην | ἠρωτᾰόμεθᾰ | ἠρωτᾰ́εσθε | ἠρωτᾰ́οντο | ||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | ἠρώτων | ἠρώτᾱς | ἠρώτᾱ | ἠρωτᾶτον | ἠρωτᾱ́την | ἠρωτῶμεν | ἠρωτᾶτε | ἠρώτων | ||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | ἠρωτώμην | ἠρωτῶ | ἠρωτᾶτο | ἠρωτᾶσθον | ἠρωτᾱ́σθην | ἠρωτώμεθᾰ | ἠρωτᾶσθε | ἠρωτῶντο | ||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | ἐρωτήσω | ἐρωτήσεις | ἐρωτήσει | ἐρωτήσετον | ἐρωτήσετον | ἐρωτήσομεν | ἐρωτήσετε | ἐρωτήσουσῐ(ν) | ||||
optative | ἐρωτήσοιμῐ | ἐρωτήσοις | ἐρωτήσοι | ἐρωτήσοιτον | ἐρωτησοίτην | ἐρωτήσοιμεν | ἐρωτήσοιτε | ἐρωτήσοιεν | |||||
middle | indicative | ἐρωτήσομαι | ἐρωτήσῃ, ἐρωτήσει |
ἐρωτήσεται | ἐρωτήσεσθον | ἐρωτήσεσθον | ἐρωτησόμεθᾰ | ἐρωτήσεσθε | ἐρωτήσονται | ||||
optative | ἐρωτησοίμην | ἐρωτήσοιο | ἐρωτήσοιτο | ἐρωτήσοισθον | ἐρωτησοίσθην | ἐρωτησοίμεθᾰ | ἐρωτήσοισθε | ἐρωτήσοιντο | |||||
active | middle | ||||||||||||
infinitive | ἐρωτήσειν | ἐρωτήσεσθαι | |||||||||||
participle | m | ἐρωτήσων | ἐρωτησόμενος | ||||||||||
f | ἐρωτήσουσᾰ | ἐρωτησομένη | |||||||||||
n | ἐρωτῆσον | ἐρωτησόμενον | |||||||||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | ἠρωτήκειν, ἠρωτήκη |
ἠρωτήκεις, ἠρωτήκης |
ἠρωτήκει(ν) | ἠρωτήκετον | ἠρωτηκέτην | ἠρωτήκεμεν | ἠρωτήκετε | ἠρωτήκεσᾰν | ||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | ἠρωτήμην | ἠρώτησο | ἠρώτητο | ἠρώτησθον | ἠρωτήσθην | ἠρωτήμεθᾰ | ἠρώτησθε | ἠρώτηντο | ||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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