View source for εἴρομαι

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|Full diacritics=εἴρομαι
|Medium diacritics=εἴρομαι
|Low diacritics=είρομαι
|Capitals=ΕΙΡΟΜΑΙ
|Transliteration A=eíromai
|Transliteration B=eiromai
|Transliteration C=eiromai
|Beta Code=ei)/romai
|Definition=Ion. for <b class="b3">ἔρομαι</b>, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">ask</b>; v. [[εἴρω]] (C).</span>
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{{pape
|ptext=[[https://www.translatum.gr/images/pape/pape-01-0735.png Seite 735]] ep. u. ion. = [[ἔρομαι]], s. ερ.
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{{ls
|lstext='''εἴρομαι''': Ἰων. ἀντὶ τοῦ [[ἔρομαι]], ἐρωτῶ, ἴδε τὴν λ. [[εἴρω]], [[λέγω]].
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{{bailly
|btext=<i>sbj. prés. épq. de</i> [[ἔρομαι]].
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{{Autenrieth
|auten=[[εἴρεαι]], subj. εἴρωμαι, -ηαι, -ηται, -ώμεθα, imp. [[εἴρεο]], [[εἰρέσθω]], inf. [[εἴρεσθαι]], [[part]]. εἰρόμενος, ipf. [[εἴρετο]], -οντο, fut. [[εἰρήσομαι]]: [[ask]], [[inquire]], [[often]] τινά τι, [[also]] [[ἀμφί]] τινι, [[περί]] τινος, etc.; and w. acc. of [[thing]] inquired [[about]] or [[for]], φυλακᾶς δ' ἃς [[εἴρεαι]], Il. 10.416, Ζ 23, Od. 11.542.
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{{DGE
|dgtxt=v. [[ἔρομαι]].
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{{lsm
|lsmtext='''εἴρομαι:''' Ιων. αντί [[ἔρομαι]], [[ρωτώ]]· βλ. [[εἴρω]] Β.
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{{elru
|elrutext='''εἴρομαι:''' <b class="num">I</b> эп.-ион. = *[[ἔρομαι]].<br /><b class="num">II</b> med.-pass. к [[εἴρω]] II.
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{{etym
|etymtx=Grammatical information: v.<br />Meaning: [[ask]] (Il.)<br />Other forms: also <b class="b3">ἐρέομαι</b>, <b class="b3">ἐρέω</b> (ep.), subj. (w. short vowel) <b class="b3">ἐρείομεν</b>, imp. med. <b class="b3">ἔρειο</b> (from <b class="b3">*ἐρευο</b>? Chantr. Gr. Hom. 1, 297), aor. <b class="b3">ἐρέσθαι</b> (Od.), fut. <b class="b3">εἰρήσομαι</b> (Od., Ion.), <b class="b3">ἐρήσομαι</b> (Att.). S. Chantr. Gr. Hom. 1, 394.<br />Dialectal forms: Myc. [[ereutere]] \/[[ereuteres]]\/.<br />Compounds: With prefix: <b class="b3">ἀν-</b>, <b class="b3">δι-</b>, <b class="b3">ἐξ-</b>, <b class="b3">ἐπ-</b>.<br />Derivatives: Agent noun <b class="b3">ἐρευταί</b> [[ζητηταί]], name of the state exactors on Crete (inscr., cf. Fraenkel Nom. ag. 1, 181); sec. presents [[ἐρεείνω]], [[ἐρευνάω]], [[ἐρωτάω]], s. vv.<br />Origin: IE [Indo-European] [337] <b class="b2">*h₁r(e)u-</b> [[ask]], [[inquire]]<br />Etymology: The verbal noun <b class="b3">ἐρευ-ταί</b> beside <b class="b3">ἔρευε ἐρεύνα</b> H. (Aeol.) and the subjunctive <b class="b3">ἐρείομεν</b> (Α 62), from <b class="b3">*ἐρέϜ-ο-μεν</b>, lead to <b class="b3">ἐρέ(Ϝ)-ω</b>, athematic <b class="b3">*ἔρευ-μι</b>. Therefor <b class="b3">εἴρομαι</b> is derived from weak grade <b class="b3">*ἔρϜ-ομαι</b>, for the aorist <b class="b3">ἐρέσθαι</b> one supposes also (with Attic development, Wackernagel Unt. 121f.) <b class="b3">*ἐρϜ-έσθαι</b> (both IE <b class="b2">*h₁ru̯-e-</b>). The shifting accentuation (<b class="b3">ἔρεσθαι</b> beside <b class="b3">ἐρέσθαι</b>, but also <b class="b3">ἐπ-ειρέσθαι</b>) shows the uncertainty of the speaker regarding the function of the weak forms. Details in Schwyzer 680 and 746, Chantraine Gramm. hom. 1, 31; 162; 297; 394. - No direct non-Greek cognate. Perhaps in OWNo. [[raun]] f. [[attempt]], [[test]], IE <b class="b2">*h₁rou-nā</b>; further s. [[ἐρευνάω]] and [[ἐρεείνω]].
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