ἔρομαι
eromai
ask, inquire
Appears 967 times across Aristotle's works.
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History of Animals 111 ▸
Open History of Animals ›Book I 7 ▸
Book II 10 ▸
Book III 7 ▸
Book IV 14 ▸
Book V 15 ▸
Chapter 8 541b34–542b16Chapter 11 543b6–31Chapter 13 544a25–544b11Chapter 15 546b15–548a21Chapter 19 550b22–552b25Book VI 22 ▸
Chapter 1 558b8–559a14Chapter 6 563a17–563b13Chapter 8 564a7–24Chapter 13 567a17–568a10Chapter 17 570a25–571b2Chapter 22 575b21–577a17Chapter 23 577a18–577b18Chapter 30 579a18–30Chapter 31 579a31–579b14Chapter 33 579b30–580a5Book VII 5 ▸
Book VIII 9 ▸
Book IX 22 ▸
Chapter 2 610b1–19Chapter 3 610b20–611a4Chapter 5 611a15–611b31Chapter 9 614a34–614b17Chapter 18 616b33–617a10Chapter 29 618a8–30Chapter 30 618a31–618b8Chapter 34 619b18–620a12Chapter 37 620b10–622b18Chapter 42 628b32–629a28Chapter 44 629b5–630a17 -
Generation of Animals 88 ▸
Open Generation of Animals ›Book I 17 ▸
Chapter 5 717b14–32Chapter 6 717b33–718a16Chapter 12 719a30–719b28Chapter 15 720b15–721a1Chapter 18 722a1–726a27Chapter 20 727b33–729a33Book II 20 ▸
Book III 23 ▸
Book IV 17 ▸
Chapter 2 766b27–767a35Chapter 6 774b5–775b24Chapter 7 775b25–776a14Chapter 8 776a15–777a27Chapter 10 777a32–778a12 -
Parts of Animals 83 ▸
Open Parts of Animals ›Book I 6 ▸
Book II 16 ▸
Chapter 2 647b10–649b8Chapter 3 649b9–650b13Chapter 16 658b27–660a13Chapter 17 660a14–661a30Book III 20 ▸
Chapter 1 661a34–662b22Chapter 2 662b23–664a11Chapter 3 664a12–665a26Chapter 10 672b10–673a31Chapter 11 673a32–673b11Chapter 12 673b12–674a3Chapter 14 674a9–676a5Chapter 15 676a6–18Book IV 41 ▸
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Rhetoric 80 ▸
Open Rhetoric ›Book I 23 ▸
Chapter 3 1358a36–1359a29Chapter 7 1363b5–1365b20Chapter 8 1365b21–1366a22Chapter 9 1366a23–1368a37Chapter 10 1368b1–1369b32Chapter 14 1374b24–1375a21Book II 35 ▸
Chapter 4 1380b35–1382a19Chapter 5 1382a20–1383b10Chapter 9 1386b8–1387b21Chapter 11 1388a31–1388b30Chapter 12 1388b31–1389b12Chapter 17 1391a20–1391b6Chapter 21 1394a19–1395b20Chapter 22 1395b21–1397a6Chapter 24 1400b34–1402a28Chapter 25 1402a29–1403a15Book III 22 ▸
Chapter 3 1405b35–1406b19Chapter 10 1410b6–1411b21Chapter 12 1413b3–1414a30Chapter 14 1414b19–1416a3Chapter 16 1416b16–1417b20Chapter 18 1418b40–1419b9 -
Nicomachean Ethics 72 ▸
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Book III 8 ▸
Book IV 11 ▸
Book V 4 ▸
Book VI 4 ▸
Book VII 6 ▸
Book VIII 10 ▸
Book IX 14 ▸
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Politics 71 ▸
Open Politics ›Book I 4 ▸
Book II 9 ▸
Book III 8 ▸
Book IV 13 ▸
Chapter 2 1289a26–1289b26Chapter 3 1289b27–1290a29Chapter 7 1293a35–1293b21Chapter 9 1294a30–1294b41Chapter 11 1295a25–1296b12Chapter 13 1297a14–1297b34Chapter 16 1300b13–1301a15Book V 13 ▸
Chapter 3 1302b5–1303b16Chapter 6 1305a37–1306b21Chapter 10 1310a39–1313a14Chapter 12 1315b11–1316b27Book VI 11 ▸
Book VII 10 ▸
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Metaphysics 61 ▸
Open Metaphysics ›Book Α 5 ▸
Book Γ 5 ▸
Book Ε 1 ▸
Chapter 2 1026a33–1027a28Book Ζ 14 ▸
Chapter 3 1028b33–1029a34Chapter 6 1031a15–1032a11Chapter 12 1037b8–1038a35Chapter 13 1038b1–1039a23Chapter 15 1039b20–1040b4Book Θ 4 ▸
Book Ι 8 ▸
Book Κ 5 ▸
Book Λ 3 ▸
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Meteorology 54 ▸
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Topics 48 ▸
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Physics 39 ▸
Open Physics ›Book I 6 ▸
Book II 4 ▸
Book III 9 ▸
Book IV 8 ▸
Book V 5 ▸
Book VI 1 ▸
Chapter 5 235b6–236b18 -
Eudemian Ethics 24 ▸
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On the Heavens 21 ▸
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Sense and Sensibilia 21 ▸
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De Anima 20 ▸
Open De Anima ›Book II 11 ▸
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On Generation and Corruption 19 ▸
Open On Generation and Corruption ›Book I 7 ▸
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Poetics 18 ▸
Open Poetics ›Chapter 6 1449b21–1450b20Chapter 15 1454a16–1454b18Chapter 16 1454b19–1455a21Chapter 18 1455b24–1456a32Chapter 19 1456a33–1456b19Chapter 21 1457a31–1458a17 -
On Youth, Old Age, Life and Death, and Respiration 17 ▸
Open On Youth, Old Age, Life and Death, and Respiration ›Chapter 5 469b21–470a18Chapter 13 473a15–474a24Chapter 18 476b13–477a10Chapter 19 477a11–31Chapter 24 479a29–479b7Chapter 27 480a16–480b30 -
Prior Analytics 15 ▸
Open Prior Analytics ›Book I 11 ▸
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Posterior Analytics 14 ▸
Open Posterior Analytics ›Book I 6 ▸
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Sophistical Refutations 11 ▸
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On Dreams 4 ▸
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On Length and Shortness of Life 4 ▸
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Physiognomonics 4 ▸
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De Audibilibus 3 ▸
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Categories 3 ▸
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Mechanica 3 ▸
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De Lineis Insecabilibus 2 ▸
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On Divination in Sleep 1 ▸
Open On Divination in Sleep ›Chapter 2 463b12–464b18
Dictionary (LSJ)
ἔρομαι (not found in pres. ind. (exc. 2sg. ἔρεαι Orac. in Certamen Prooem.), its place being taken by ἐρέω (A), ἐρωτάω) ; Ion. and Ep. εἴρομαι Il. 1.553, Od. 1.284, al.: impf.(=aor.) εἰρόμην Il. 1.513, Pi. O. 6.49, Hdt. 2.44, etc.: fut. ἐρήσομαι S. OT 1166, Ar. Nu. 1409, Pl. Prt. 355c ; Ion. εἰρήσομαι Od. 4.61,7.237, 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, Pl. R. 538d, etc. ; εἴρωμαι Od. 16.402, 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 Ar. 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 ; ἐπ-ειρεόμενος is v.l. in Hdt. 3.64:—Α. ask, inquire, mostly folld. by indirect question, εἴροντο.. ὅττι ἑ κήδοι Od. 9.402, etc.; ἤρετο ὅτι θαυμάζοι Th. 3.113 ; τὸν ξεῖνον ἐρώμεθα εἴ τινʼ ἄεθλον οἶδε Od. 8.133, etc.; ἠρόμην ὅπου.. Pl. R. 327b ; διὰ τί.. Id. Prt. 355c, etc.: folld. by a direct question, ἤρετο Ξενοφῶντα, εἰπέ μοι, ἔφη, ὦ Ξενοφῶν, οὐ σὺ ἐνόμιζες..; X. Mem. 1.3.8 ; ἐρομένου δὲ τοῦ Ἀγησιλάου, ἆρʼ ἂν ἐν καιρῷ γένοιτο, εἰ..; Id. HG 4.3.2, cf. Cyr. 1.4.19. 2. 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. 3. c. acc. pers., question, Il. 1.332, etc., Hdt. 1.32, Lys. 12.24 ; εἴρετο δʼ ἡμέας, ὦ ξεῖνοι, τίνες ἐστέ; 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. 4. c. acc. pers., petition, Ar. Eq. 574. 5. c. dupl.acc., to ask one about a thing, τὸ μέν σε πρῶτον..εἰρήσομαι.., τίς πόθεν εἰς ἀνδρῶν; Od. 7.237, cf. 19.509 ; ἐρήσομαί σε τουτί· παῖδά μʼ ὄντʼ ἔτυπτες; Ar. Nu. 1409. 6. freq. τινὰ περί τινος, as ἵνα μιν περὶ πατρὸς..ἔροιτο Od. 1.135, 3.77, cf. 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. ἐρέ(ϝ)ω, ἐρευτής: pres. ἐρέ (ϝ) ομαι: ἐροίμην and similar forms in Hom. are variously expld. or emended.)
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