ἐρωτάω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Ep. and Ion. [[εἰρωτάω]], contr. in Hom. and best codd. of [[Herodotus|Hdt.]], as 3.119,4.145,al.: impf.<br><span class="bld">A</span> ἠρώτων Hp.''Epid.''7.3, (ἐπ-) Th.7.10, etc.; εἰρώτα Od.15.423; Ion. [[εἰρώτευν]] [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.158, part. -τεῦντας [[varia lectio|v.l.]] in 3.62 (elsewhere εἰρώτων 3.140): fut. -ήσω Hp.''VM''15, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 350e, etc.: aor. I ἠρώτησα [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''4.5.21, S.''Tr.''403, etc.: pf. ἠρώτηκα [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Philebus|Phlb.]]'' 18a:—used in Att. to supply the defective tenses of [[ἔρομαι]]:—[[ask]], <b class="b3">τινά τι</b> something of one, ἅ μ' εἰρωτᾷς Od.4.347; εἰρωτᾷς μ' ὄνομα κλυτόν 9.364; ὅσ' ἄν σ' ἐρωτῶ [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Oedipus Tyrannus|OT]]''1122; οὐ τοῦτ' ἐρωτῶ σ' Ar.''Nu.''641:—Pass., to [[be asked]], τι Pl.''Lg.''895e, [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''1.4.3.<br><span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b3">ἐ. τι</b> [[ask about]] a thing, [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[Prometheus Vinctus|Pr.]]''228, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 508a; τιπερί τινος Id.''Tht.''185c; [[ἐρωτάω ἐρώτημα]] to [[ask a question]], Id.''R.''487e; <b class="b3">τὰς πύστεις ἐρωτῶντες εἰ</b>.. [[putting]] the [[question]], whether.., Th.1.5:—Pass., <b class="b3">τὸ ἐρωτηθέν, τὸ ἐρωτώμενον ἀποκρίνασθαι</b>, to answer the [[question]], Th.3.61, [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Memorabilia|Mem.]]''4.2.23, etc.; τὰ ἔμπροσθεν ἠρωτημένα Pl.''Lg.''662e:—Pass., also with person as subject, <b class="b3">ἐρωτηθεὶς τὸ καλόν</b> [[asked about]] beauty, Id.''Hp.Ma.''289c.<br><span class="bld">3</span> followed by indirect question, εἰρώτα..τίς εἴη καὶ πόθεν ἔλθοι Od.15.423; <b class="b3">ἐ. εἰ</b>.. or <b class="b3">ἤν.</b>. to [[ask]] whether.., Hp.''Steril.''230, cf. Th.8.53; ἐ. ἦ.. A. ''Th.''181; αἰτίαν καθ' ἥντινα Id.''Pr.''228; πότεροι.. [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[Acharnians|Ach.]]''648; τοῦτο πρῶτον ἠρώτα, πότερον.. X.''An.''3.1.7; ἐ. πῶς δεῖ ποιεῖν Id.''Mem.''1.3.1.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[question]] a person, εἰρωτᾷς μ' ἐλθόντα θεὰ θεόν Od.5.97; ἐ. καὶ ἐλέγχειν Antipho 6.23; τινα ἀμφί τινος E.''Ion''236(lyr.):—Pass., to [[be questioned]], ἐρωτᾶσθαι θέλω Id.''IA''1130.<br><span class="bld">b</span> of sentries, [[challenge]], Aen.Tact.22.12; <b class="b3">τὸ ἐρωτώμενον</b> the [[password]], Id.26.9.<br><span class="bld">2</span> in Dialectic, opp. [[demonstration]], [[question]] an opponent [[in order to refute him from his answers]], Arist.''APr.''24a24; τι ib.42a39; hence later, [[submit]], [[set forth]], [[propound]] an argument, λόγον Gal.5.257:—Pass., ὁ λόγος..ἠρωτῆσθαι φαίνεται Arr.''Epict.''2.19.1; ἐρωτηθέντος τοῦ σοφίσματος S.E.''P.''2.237.<br><span class="bld">III</span> later, = [[αἰτέω]], [[beg]], [[entreat]], ἐ. τινὰ τὰ εἰς εἰρήνην [[LXX]] I''Ki.''30.21, al.; <b class="b3">ἐρωτᾶτε τὰ εἰς εἰρήνην τὴν Ἱερουσαλήμ</b> ib.''Ps.''121(122).6; ἅ σε ἐρωτῶ ''PMag.Par.''1.272; ἐ. τινὰ ποιεῖν τι ''[[Oxyrhynchus Papyri|POxy.]]''292.7(i A.D.), ''Ev.Luc.''8.37, etc.; <b class="b3">ἐ. τινὰ ἵνα.</b>. ib.7.36; <b class="b3">ὅπως.</b>. ib.7.3, al., ''PMag.Leid.W.''16.13; ἐ. τὸν πατέρα περὶ ὑμῶν ''Ev.Jo.''16.26. (Perh. from <b class="b3">ἐρ (ϝ) ωτάω,</b> cogn. with <b class="b3">ἐρ (ϝ) έσθαι</b> (v. [[ἔρομαι]]).)