ἔρομαι: Difference between revisions

|Definition=(not found in pres. ind. (exc. 2sg. [[ἔρεαι]] Orac. in Certamen ''Prooemia'' ), its place being taken by [[ἐρέω]] (A), [[ἐρωτάω]]); Ion. and Ep. [[εἴρομαι]] Il.1.553, Od.1.284, al.: impf.(=aor.)<br><span class="bld">A</span> εἰρόμην Il.1.513, Pi.''O.''6.49, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]2.44, etc.: fut. ἐρήσομαι [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Oedipus Tyrannus|OT]]''1166, Ar.''Nu.''1409, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Protagoras|Prt.]]'' 355c; Ion. [[εἰρήσομαι]] Od.4.61,7.237, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.67 (ἐπ-): aor. 2 ἠρόμην Sapph. 1.15, E.''Ion''541, Th.3.113, etc.; imper. ἐροῦ S.''El.''563, E.''Or.''763 (troch.), etc., Ep. [[ἔρειο]] Il.11.611; subj. ἔρωμαι Od.8.133, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 538d, etc.; εἴρωμαι Od.16.402, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]4.76; opt. ἐροίμην Od.1.135,3.77, etc.; inf. [[ἐρέσθαι]] in Hom. always in the phrase μεταλλῆσαι καὶ ἐρέσθαι 3.69, al. (exc. in 1.405) ([[ἔρεσθαι]] is freq. in codd., as Lys.12.24, E.''El.''548, cf.Hdn.Gr.1.466); part. ἐρόμενος [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[The Knights|Eq.]]''574, Th.4.40:—Ep.and Ion. also [[ἐρέομαι]] in subj. ἐρέωμαι Od.17.509, inf. ἐρέεσθαι 6.298,23.106, Hp.''Prorrh.''2.41, impf. ἐρέοντο Il.1.332,8.445; <b class="b3">ἐπ-ειρεόμενος</b> is [[varia lectio|v.l.]] in [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]3.64:—[[ask]], [[inquire]], mostly followed by indirect question, εἴροντο.. ὅττι ἑ κήδοι Od.9.402, etc.; ἤρετο ὅτι θαυμάζοι Th.3.113; τὸν ξεῖνον ἐρώμεθα εἴ τιν' ἄεθλον οἶδε Od.8.133, etc.; ἠρόμην ὅπου.. [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 327b; διὰ τί.. Id.''Prt.''355c, etc.: followed by a direct question, <b class="b3">ἤρετο Ξενοφῶντα, εἰπέ μοι, ἔφη, ὦ Ξενοφῶν, οὐ σὺ ἐνόμιζες.</b>.; [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Memorabilia|Mem.]]''1.3.8; <b class="b3">ἐρομένου δὲ τοῦ Ἀγησιλάου, ἆρ' ἂν ἐν καιρῷ γένοιτο, εἰ</b>..; Id.''HG''4.3.2, cf. ''Cyr.''1.4.19.<br><span class="bld">2</span> c. acc. objecti, [[learn by inquiry]], ἐρέεσθαι δώματα πατρός Od.6.298; [[ask after]] or [[for]], εἰρόμεναι παῖδας Il.6.239; εἴρεαι Ἕκτορα δῖον 24.390; θεῶν εἰρώμεθα βουλάς Od.16.402.<br><span class="bld">3</span> c. acc. pers., [[question]], Il.1.332, etc., [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.32, Lys.12.24; <b class="b3">εἴρετο δ' ἡμέας, ὦ ξεῖνοι, τίνες ἐστέ</b>; Od.9.251; ἀλλήλους εἴροντο τίς εἴη καὶ πόθεν ἔλθοι 17.368, cf. E.''Or.''763(troch.), etc.; in later Prose, Jul.''Or.''7.229b.<br><span class="bld">4</span> c. acc. pers., [[petition]], [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[The Knights|Eq.]]''574.<br><span class="bld">5</span> c. dupl.acc., to [[ask]] one [[about]] a thing, <b class="b3">τὸ μέν σε πρῶτον..εἰρήσομαι.., τίς πόθεν εἰς ἀνδρῶν</b>; Od.7.237, cf. 19.509; <b class="b3">ἐρήσομαί σε τουτί· παῖδά μ' ὄντ' ἔτυπτες</b>; Ar.''Nu.'' 1409.<br><span class="bld">6</span> freq. <b class="b3">τινὰ περί τινος</b>, as ἵνα μιν περὶ πατρὸς..ἔροιτο Od.1.135, 3.77, cf. [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]4.76, al., E.''El.''548; also οἱ δέ μιν ἀμφὶ δίκας εἴροντο Od.11.570; ἀμφὶ πόσει εἴρεσθαι 19.95. (Ion. [[εἰρ]]-Att. [[ἐρ]]- from [[ἐρϝ]]- (aor. stem), cf. <b class="b3">ἐρέ (ϝ) ω, e)reuth/s</b>: pres. <b class="b3">ἐρέ (ϝ) ομαι</b>: [[ἐροίμην]] and similar forms in Hom. are variously expld. or emended.)