ἐρωτάω
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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.