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

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).)

German (Pape)

[Seite 1041] ion. u. ep. εἰρωτάω u. εἰρωτέω (vgl. ἄρω), fragen, befragen; εἰρώτα, τίς εἴη, Od. 15, 422; τινά, Aesch. Spt. 164; Soph. El. 309 u. öfter; Eur., Ar. u. in Prosa, ἠρώτα ἕνα ἕκαστον –, εἴ τινα ἐλπίδα ἔχει Thuc. 8, 53; θεόν, den Gott befragen, Xen. Mem. 1, 3, 2; – τί, nach Etwas fragen, forschen, sich darnach erkundigen, ὃ δ' οὖν ἐρωτᾶτε Aesch. Prom. 226; ἃ νῦν δὴ ἐρωτῶμεν περὶ αὐτῶν Plat. Theaet. 185 c; ἐρωτᾷς ἐρώτημα Rep. VI, 487 e; häufig τινά τι, Einen um Etwas, wonach fragen, ἅ μ' εἰρωτᾷς Od. 4, 347. 17, 138; ὅσ' ἄν σ' ἐρωτῶ Soph. O. R. 1122; Tr. 402; Eur. I. A. 1129; Ar. Nubb. 641; εἴ τις καὶ ταῦτα ἐρωτῴη ἡμᾶς Plat. Rep. II, 378 e; Phil. 18 a. – Pass., πῶς δὴ νῦν τοῦτο ἐρωτώμεθα ὑφ' ἡμῶν αὐτῶν Plat. Phil. 44 b; τὸν λόγον ἐρωτώμενοι Legg. X, 895 e; ὅσα αὐτὸς ὑπ' ἄλλων ἐρωτῷτο Xen. Cyr. 1, 4, 3. – Andere Vrbdgn sind παρούσας δ' ἀμφὶ τάδ' ἐρωτᾷς Eur. Ion 236, ἃ νῦν δὴ ἠρωτῶμεν περὶ αὐτῶν Plat. Theaet. 185 c. – Bei Luc. u. Sp. = eine Schlußform in Fragen anwenden u. auf solche Weise einen Beweis führen. – Im N. T. oft = bitten, anflehen, τινά.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

ἐρωτάω: Ἐπικ. εἰρωτάω, ἀλλὰ συνῃρ. παρ’ Ὁμ., ἴδε κατωτ.· παρ’ Ἡροδ. τὰ Ἀντίγραφα ποικίλλουσι μεταξὺ τῶν συνῃρ. τύπων εἰρωτᾷ, εἰρωτῶσι κτλ. (Ἡρόδ. 3. 119, 1. 67, κ. ἀλλ.), καὶ εἰρωτέειν κτλ. (ὁ αὐτ. 4. 145 κ. ἀλλ.): παρατ. ἠρώτων Θουκ. 7. 10, κτλ., εἰρώτα Ὀδ. Ο. 423· Ἰων. εἰρώτεον ἢ -ευν Ἡρόδ. 4. 145, 3, 140: - μετὰ πληθ. προστ. ἐρωτώντων Ἀντιφῶν 137. 5: - μέλλ. -ήσω, κτλ.: ἡ συνήθ. λέξ. παρ’ Ἀττ., ἡ ἀναπληροῦσα τοὺς ἐλλείποντας χρόνους τοῦ ἔρομαι, οἱ δ’ Ἐπικ. τύποι εἶναι ἐρέω Α, ἐρεείνω. Ἐρωτῶ τινά τι, περί τινος, ἅ μ’ εἰρωτᾷς Ὀδ. Δ. 347, Ρ. 138· εἰρωτᾷς μ’ ὄνομα κλυτόν; Ι. 364· ὅσ’ ἄν σ ’ἐρωτῶ Σοφ. Ο. Τ. 1122· οὐ τοῦτ’ ἐρωτῶ σ’ Ἀριστοφ. Νεφ. 641, κτλ.: - Παθ., ἐρωτῶμαι, τι Πλάτ. Νόμ. 895Ε, Ξεν. Κύρ, 1. 4, 3. 2) ἐρωτῶ τι, ὡς νῦν, ὃ δ’ οὖν ἐρωτᾶτ’ Αἰσχύλ. Πρ. 226, Πλάτ. Πολ. 508Α· τι περί τινος ὁ αὐτ. ἐν Φαίδρῳ 185C· ἐρ. ἐρώτημα ὁ αὐτὸς ἐν Πολ. 487Ε. - Παθ., τὸ ἐρωτηθέν, τὸ ἐρωτώμενον, περὶ οὗ ἠρώτησεν ἢ ἐρωτᾷ τις, Θουκ. 3. 61, Ξεν. Ἀπομν. 4. 2, 23, κτλ.· τὰ ἔμπροσθεν ἠρωτημένα Πλάτ. Νόμ. 662D, πρβλ. Λοβεκ. Παραλ. 522. 3) ἑπομένης ἐξηστημένης προτάσεως, εἰρώτα δὴ ἔπειτα τίς εἴη, καὶ πόθεν ἔλθοι Ὀδ. 423· ἐρωτᾶν εἰ… ἢ ἢν…, Ἱππ. 682. 46, Θουκ. κλ. (ἴδε ἐν λ. πύστις)· ὑμᾶς ἐρωτῶ… ἦ ταῦτ’ ἄριστα κτλ. Αἰσχύλ. Θήβ. 182· πότεροι… Ἀριστοφ. Ἀχ. 648· ὅστις Αἰσχύλ. κλπ. ΙΙ. ἐρωτῶ τινα περί τινος, ζητῶ νὰ μάθω τι παρ’ αὐτοῦ, εἰρωτᾷς μ’ ἐλθόντα θεὰ θεὸν Ὀδ. Ε. 97· ἐρ. καὶ ἐλέγχειν Ἀντιφῶν 144. 7· τινα ἀμφί τινος Εὐρ. Ἴων 236· ἐρ. τὸν θεὸν Ξεν. Ἀν. 3. 1, 7, Ἀπομν. 1. 3, 1, κτλ. - Παθ., ἐρωτᾶσθαι θέλω Εὐρ. Ι. Α. 1130.
2) ἐν τῇ Διαλεκτικῇ, ὡς ἀντίθετον πρὸς τὴν συλλογιστικὴν ἀπόδειξιν, προκαλῶ συμπέρασμα ἐκ τοῦ ἀντιπάλου δι’ ἐρωτήσεων, Ἀριστ. Ἀναλυτ. Πρότ. 1. 1, 3, κ. ἀλλ.· οὕτως, interrogare ἐν Κικ. Fat. 28· ἐντεῦθεν βραδύτερον, συλλογιστικῶς συμπεραίνομαι (πρβλ συνερωτάω ΙΙ), Λουκ. Πῶς δεῖ Ἱστ. Συγγρ. 17. ΙΙΙ. παρὰ μεταγεν. = αἰτέω, ἐπὶ τῆς σημασίας τοῦ παρακαλῶ, ἱκετεύω, ἐρ. τινά τι Ἑβδ. (Α΄ Βασιλ. Λ΄, 21, κ. ἀλλ.)· ἐρ. τινα ποιεῖν τι Εὐαγγ. κ. Λουκ. η΄, 37, κ. ἀλλ.· ἐρ. τινα ἵνα ἢ ὅπως ποιῇ τι παρὰ τῷ αὐτῷ ζ΄, 3, 36, κ. ἀλλ.· ἐρ. τινα περί τινος Εὐαγγ. κ. Ἰω. ιϚ΄, 26, κτλ.

French (Bailly abrégé)

-ῶ :
impf. ἠρώτων, f. ἐρωτήσω, ao. ἠρώτησα, pf. ἠρώτηκα;
1 demander, interroger : τινα, qqn ; τι, demander qch ; ἐρ. τινά τι, demander qch à qqn ; ἐρ. ὅπου XÉN demander où ; εἰρώτα τίς εἴη καὶ πόθεν ἔλθοι OD il demandait qui elle était et d’où elle venait ; Pass. τὸ ἐρωτώμενον XÉN la question posée ; τὸ ἐρωτηθέν THC la question qui avait été posée;
2 t. de dialect. poser une question ; particul. poser une question à l’adversaire pour l’amener à une conclusion ; argumenter, raisonner sous forme d’interrogation.
Étymologie: apparenté à ἔρομαι.

English (Autenrieth)

see εἰρωτάω.

English (Strong)

apparently from ἐρέω (compare ἐρευνάω); to interrogate; by implication, to request: ask, beseech, desire, intreat, pray. Compare πυνθάνομαι.

English (Thayer)

ἐρωτῶ (infinitive ἐρωτᾶν L T Tr, ἐρωτᾶν R G WH; see Iota); imperfect 3rd person plural ἠρώτων and (in L T Tr WH, Tdf.) ἠρώτουν, cf. Buttmann, 44 (38); (Winer s Grammar, 85 (82); Tdf. Proleg., p. 122; Sophocles Lexicon, p. 41; WH s Appendix, p. 166; Mullach, Griech. Vulgarspr., p. 252); future ἐρωτήσω; 1st aorist ἠρώτησα; the Sept. for שָׁאַל; to ask, i. e.:
1. as in Greek writings from Homer down to question: absolutely, R); τινα, ἐπερωτᾷς), etc.; with the addition of λέγων and the words of the questioner: λέγων; T Tr WH); τινα τί (cf. Winer's Grammar, § 32,4a.), τινα περί τίνος, ἐπερωτῆσαι); to ask i. e. to request, entreat, beg, beseech, after the Hebrew שָׁאַל, in a sense very rare in secular authors (Josephus, Antiquities 5,1, 14 (but here the text is uncertain; substitute Antiquities 7,8, 1; cf. Dr. Ezra Abbot in No. American Rev. for 1872, p. 173note); Babrius fab. (42,3); 97,3; Apoll. synt., p. 289,20; cf. Winer's Grammar, pp. 30,32): τινα, λέγων and the words of the asker, Buttmann, 272 f (234)), ἵνα (cf. Winer's Grammar, § 44,8a.; R. 237 (204)), ὅπως, Buttmann, 258 (222); cf. Winer's Grammar, 335 (315)), τινα περί τίνος, ὑπέρ τίνος (followed by εἰς with an infinitive; cf. Buttmann, 265 (228)), ἐρωτᾶν τά (WH text omits τά) πρός εἰρήνην (see εἰρήνη, 1), αἰτέω, at the end. Compare: διερωτάω, ἐπερωτάω.)

Greek Monotonic

ἐρωτάω: Επικ. εἰρωτά, Ιων. -έω, παρατ. ἠρώτων, Ιων. εἰρώτεον ή -ευν· μέλ. -ήσω (ἔρομαι
I. 1. ρωτώ κάποιον για κάτι, τινάτι, σε Ομήρ. Οδ., Σοφ. κ.λπ. — Παθ., ερωτώμαι, ρωτιέμαι, τι, σε Ξεν.
2. ἐρ. τι, ρωτώ για κάτι, σε Αισχύλ. — Παθ., τὸ ἐρωτηθέν, τὸ ἐρωτώμενον, η ερώτηση, το ερώτημα, σε Θουκ., Ξεν.
II. ζητώ πληροφορίες για κάτι, ζητώ να μάθω κάτι από κάποιον, σε Ομήρ. Οδ., Ευρ. κ.λπ. — Παθ., ρωτιέμαι, ανακρίνομαι, στον ίδ.
III. αἰτέω, ζητώ, δηλ. παρακαλώ, εκλιπαρώ, ικετεύω, σε Καινή Διαθήκη

Russian (Dvoretsky)

ἐρωτάω: эп. εἰρωτάω, ион. εἰρωτέω
1) спрашивать, расспрашивать (τινά τι Hom., Soph., Eur., Arph., Plat., τινα περί τινος Plat. и τινα αμφί τινος Eur.): εἰρώτα τίς εἴη καὶ πόθεν ἔλθοι Hom. он спросил, кто она и откуда прибыла; ἃ ἠρωτῶμεν περὶ αὐτῶν Plat. то, что мы спрашивали об этих вещах; εἰρωτᾷς μ᾽ ἐλθόντα Hom. ты спрашиваешь меня, зачем я пришел; τὸ ἐρωτώμενον Xen. и τὸ ἐρωτηθέν Thuc. вопрос; τὰ ἔμπροσθεν ἠρωτημένα Plat. ранее поставленные вопросы; ἐ. ἐρώτημα Plat. ставить вопрос, обращаться с вопросом;
2) вопрошать (τὸν θεόν Xen.);
3) лог. ставить вопросы, рассуждать, доказывать: ἐ. λόγον Arst., Sext.; выставлять положение; οἱ ἠρωτημένοι λόγοι и τὰ ἠρωτημένα Arst. подлежащие рассмотрению положения;
4) просить (τινα ποιεῖν τι, περί и ὑπέρ τινος, τι и ἵνα … NT).

Frisk Etymological English

Grammatical information: v.
Meaning: ask, question, hell. also ask (to) (Od.).
Other forms: ep. Ion. εἰρωτάω , after Hom. also non-present forms ἐρωτήσω, ἐρωτῆσαι etc.
Compounds: Also with prefix, esp. ἐπ-. On the use etc. Fournier Les verbes "dire" (s. index).
Derivatives: ἐρώτημα (ἐπ-) question, demand (Ion.-Att.) with ἐρωτημα-τικός (D. T.) and -τίζω (Arist.); ἐρώτησις (ἐπ-) questioning (Ion.-Att.; cf. Holt Les noms d'action en -σις 126); ἐρωτητικός blonging to, clever in questioning (Pl., Arist.); ἀν-ερωτίζω (Telekl. 52).
Origin: XX [etym. unknown]
Etymology: The present ἐρωτάω, εἰρωτάω < *ἐρϜωτάω, which esp. in Attic replaced primary (Ion.) εἴρομαι (s. v.) < *ἔρϜ-ομαι, is an enlargement in -τ- ; the origin of the -ω- is unknown. For the type in gen. cf. on ἀρτάω and Schwyzer 705f. - Other secondary presents are ἐρεείνω and ἐρευνάω, s. vv.

Middle Liddell

ἔρομαι
I. to ask, τινά τι something of one, Od., Soph., etc.:—Pass. to be asked, τι Xen.
2. ἐρ. τι to ask about a thing, Aesch.:— Pass., τὸ ἐρωτηθέν, τὸ ἐρωτώμενον the question, Thuc., Xen.
II. to enquire of a person, question him, Od., Eur., etc.:—Pass. to be questioned, Eur.
III. = αἰτέω, to ask, i. e. to beg, solicit, NTest.

Frisk Etymology German

ἐρωτάω: {erōtáō}
Forms: ep. ion. εἰρωτάω (seit Od.), nachhom. auch außerpräsentische Formen ἐρωτήσω, ἐρωτῆσαι usw.
Grammar: v.
Meaning: fragen, ausfragen, hell. und spät auch bitten.
Composita : Auch mit Präfix, insbes. ἐπ-. Zum Gebrauch usw. Fournier Les verbes "dire" (s. Index).
Derivative: Davon ἐρώτημα (ἐπ-) Frage, Anfrage (ion. att.) mit ἐρωτηματικός (D. T. u. a.) und -τίζω (Arist.); ἐρώτησις (ἐπ-) Befragung (ion. att.; vgl. Holt Les noms d’action en -σις 126); ἐρωτητικός im Ausfragen geschickt, auf das Ausfragen bezüglich (Pl., Arist.); ἀνερωτίζω (Telekl. 52).
Etymology : Das Präsens ἐρωτάω, εἰρωτάω aus *ἐρϝωτάω, das namentlich im Attischen für das primäre (ion.) εἴρομαι (s. d.) aus *ἔρϝομαι eingetreten ist, stellt eine Erweiterung auf -τ- vom Grundwort auf; die Herkunft des -ω- bleibt allerdings dabei dunkel. Zum Typus im allg. vgl. zu ἀρτάω und Schwyzer 705f. m. Lit. — Andere sekundäre Präsentia sind ἐρεείνω und ἐρευνάω, s. dd.
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Chinese

原文音譯:™rwt£w 誒羅他哦
詞類次數:動詞(58)
原文字根:湧出 請求 相當於: (בָּעָה‎) (בַּקָּשָׁה‎) (נָא‎) (שָׁאַל‎ / שְׁאָלָה‎)
字義溯源:查詢,問,發問,盤問,求問,求,請,勸,勸請,請求,來求,祈求;源自(λέγω)*=說出)
同源字:1) (διερωτάω)徹底查詢 2) (ἐπερωτάω)請求 3) (ἐπερώτημα)調查 4) (ἐρωτάω)查詢參讀 (αἰτέω)同義字
出現次數:總共(62);太(4);可(3);路(15);約(27);徒(7);腓(1);帖前(2);帖後(1);約壹(1);約貳(1)
譯字彙編
1) 問(13) 可4:10; 路9:45; 路19:31; 路23:3; 約1:19; 約4:31; 約9:2; 約9:15; 約9:19; 約16:5; 約16:19; 約16:30; 徒1:6;
2) 求(11) 太15:23; 可7:26; 路7:3; 路8:37; 路16:27; 約4:40; 約4:47; 約12:21; 約16:26; 約19:31; 徒23:18;
3) 請(5) 路5:3; 路11:37; 路14:18; 路14:19; 徒16:39;
4) 請求(3) 路7:36; 徒18:20; 徒23:20;
5) 祈求(3) 約17:9; 約17:9; 約壹5:16;
6) 他們⋯問(2) 約1:21; 約1:25;
7) 你們問⋯罷(2) 約9:21; 約9:23;
8) 我們求(2) 帖前4:1; 帖後2:2;
9) 我⋯求(2) 約17:15; 腓4:3;
10) 要問(2) 太21:24; 路20:3;
11) 我⋯發問(1) 路22:68;
12) 他⋯問(1) 可8:5;
13) 我⋯勸請(1) 約貳1:5;
14) 他們⋯請(1) 徒10:48;
15) 你⋯問(1) 太19:17;
16) 我⋯祈求(1) 約17:20;
17) 你們⋯問(1) 約16:23;
18) 來求(1) 約19:38;
19) 去求(1) 路14:32;
20) 求問(1) 路4:38;
21) 他問(1) 太16:13;
22) 他們問(1) 約5:12;
23) 在問(1) 約8:7;
24) 就請求(1) 徒3:3;
25) 盤問(1) 約18:19;
26) 要求(1) 約14:16;
27) 我們勸(1) 帖前5:12