ἔρομαι: Difference between revisions

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