ἔραμαι: Difference between revisions

|Definition=2sg. Ep. [[ἔρασσαι]] or <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> ἔρᾱσαι <span class="bibl">Theoc.1.78</span>, 3sg. ἔρᾱται <span class="bibl">Id.2.149</span> (with unexpld. ᾱ); 2pl. ἐράασθε <span class="bibl">Il.16.208</span>; 3sg. subj. Aeol. and Dor. ἔρᾱται <span class="bibl">Sapph.<span class="title">Supp.</span>5.4</span>, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>4.92</span> ; opt. [[ἐραίμαν]] ib.<span class="bibl">11.50</span> ; impf. <b class="b3">ἠράμην [ᾰ]</b> Sapph.33, <span class="bibl">Thgn.1346</span>, etc.: fut. ἐρασθήσομαι <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Eu.</span>852</span> : aor. ἠράσθην <span class="bibl">Alcm.33</span>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.8</span>,<span class="bibl">96</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Med.</span>700</span>, <span class="title">IG</span>12.920.2, poet. ἐράσθην <span class="bibl">Phoen.1.19</span> ; poet. aor. Med. ἠρᾰσάμην <span class="bibl">Il.16.182</span>, <span class="bibl">Hermesian. 7.49</span>,<span class="bibl">96</span> (Ep. and Lyr. ἠράσσατο <span class="bibl">Il.20.223</span>, <span class="bibl">Archil.26</span>, Nicaen.<span class="bibl">1.5</span> ; ἐράσσατο <span class="bibl">Hes. <span class="title">Th.</span>915</span>, P''1''.<span class="title">P.</span>2.27): pf. ἤρασμαι <span class="bibl">Parth.2.3</span> : [[ἐράω]] (q.v.) supplies the pres. and impf. in Prose. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">I</span> [[love]], c. gen. pers., prop. of the sexual passion, as always in Hom.; mostly of the man, ὥς σεο νῦν ἔραμαι <span class="bibl">Il.3.446</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">16.182</span>, <span class="bibl">20.223</span>, etc.; λέχους <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Med.</span>491</span> ; τῆς ἑωυτοῦ γυναικός <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.8</span> ; but of the woman, ἣ..ἠράσσατ' Ἐνιπῆος <span class="bibl">Od.11.238</span> : c. acc. cogn., ἐ. μέγαν γ' ἔρωτα <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Med.</span>697</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> of things, [[desire passionately]], [[lust after]], ὃς πολέμου ἔραται ἐπιδημίου <span class="bibl">Il. 9.64</span> ; φυλόπιδος..ἕης τὸ πρίν γ' ἐράασθε <span class="bibl">16.208</span> ; ἐρασθεὶς τυραννίδος <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.96</span> ; τῶν ἀπεόντων <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>3.20</span> ; [[καλῶν]] ib.<span class="bibl">11.50</span> ; γῆς τῆσδε <span class="bibl">A. <span class="title">Eu.</span>852</span> ; κείνων ἔραμαι <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Alc.</span>866</span> (anap.); θανάτου ἔρανται <span class="bibl">Aret.<span class="title">CA</span> 2.5</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> c. inf., [[desire eagerly]], οὐκ ἔραμαι πλουτεῖν <span class="bibl">Thgn.1155</span> ; ἤρατο ἐπιψαύειν <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>4.92</span> ; ἔραται γλῶσσα μέλιτος ἄωτον [προχέειν] <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Pae.</span>6.58</span> ; ἔραμαι πυθέσθαι <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>511</span> (lyr.); λαβεῖν τι <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Med.</span>700</span> ; φαγεῖν <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Fr.</span>51</span> (lyr.).</span>