ἐρωτάω

English (LSJ)

Ep. and Ion. εἰρωτάω, contr. in Hom. and best codd. of Hdt., as 3.119,4.145,al. : impf.

   A ἠρώτων Hp.Epid.7.3, (ἐπ-) Th.7.10, etc. ; εἰρώτα Od.15.423 ; Ion. εἰρώτευν Hdt.1.158, part. -τεῦντας v.l. in 3.62 (elsewh. εἰρώτων 3.140): fut. -ήσω Hp.VM15, Pl.R.350e, etc. : aor. I ἠρώτησα X.Cyr.4.5.21, S.Tr.403, etc. : pf. ἠρώτηκα Pl.Phlb. 18a:—used in Att. to supply the defective tenses of ἔρομαι:—ask, τινά τι something of one, ἅ μ' εἰρωτᾷς Od.4.347 ; εἰρωτᾷς μ' ὄνομα κλυτόν 9.364 ; ὅσ' ἄν σ' ἐρωτῶ S.OT1122 ; οὐ τοῦτ' ἐρωτῶ σ' Ar.Nu.641:—Pass., to be asked, τι Pl.Lg.895e, X.Cyr.1.4.3.    2 ἐ. τι ask about a thing, A.Pr.228, Pl.R.508a ; τιπερί τινος Id.Tht.185c ; ἐ. ἐρώτημα to ask a question, Id.R.487e ; τὰς πύστεις ἐρωτῶντες εἰ.. putting the question, whether.., Th.1.5:—Pass., τὸ ἐρωτηθέν, τὸ ἐρωτώμενον ἀποκρίνασθαι, to answer the question, Th.3.61, X.Mem.4.2.23, etc. ; τὰ ἔμπροσθεν ἠρωτημένα Pl.Lg.662e:—Pass., also with person as subject, ἐρωτηθεὶς τὸ καλόν asked about beauty, Id.Hp.Ma.289c.    3 folld. by indirect question, εἰρώτα..τίς εἴη καὶ πόθεν ἔλθοι Od.15.423 ; ἐ. εἰ.. or ἤν.. to ask whether.., Hp.Steril.230, cf. Th.8.53 ; ἐ. ἦ.. A. Th.181 ; αἰτίαν καθ' ἥντινα Id.Pr.228 ; πότεροι.. Ar.Ach.648 ; τοῦτο πρῶτον ἠρώτα, πότερον.. X.An.3.1.7 ; ἐ. πῶς δεῖ ποιεῖν Id.Mem.1.3.1.    II question a person, εἰρωτᾷς μ' ἐλθόντα θεὰ θεόν Od.5.97 ; ἐ. καὶ ἐλέγχειν Antipho 6.23 ; τινα ἀμφί τινος E.Ion236(lyr.):— Pass., to be questioned, ἐρωτᾶσθαι θέλω Id.IA1130.    b of sentries, challenge, Aen.Tact.22.12 ; τὸ ἐρωτώμενον the password, Id.26.9.    2 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.    III later, = αἰτέω, beg, entreat, ἐ. τινὰ τὰ εἰς εἰρήνην LXX IKi.30.21, al. ; ἐρωτᾶτε τὰ εἰς εἰρήνην τὴν Ἱερουσαλήμ ib.Ps.121(122).6 ; ἅ σε ἐρωτῶ PMag.Par.1.272 ; ἐ. τινὰ ποιεῖν τι POxy.292.7(i A.D.), Ev.Luc.8.37, etc. ; ἐ. τινὰ ἵνα.. ib.7.36 ; ὅπως.. ib.7.3, al., PMag.Leid.W.16.13 ; ἐ. τὸν πατέρα περὶ ὑμῶν Ev.Jo.16.26. (Perh. from ἐρ (ϝ) ωτάω, cogn. with ἐρ (ϝ) έσθαι (v. ἔρομαι).)