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ἔρομαι

eromai

ask, inquire

Appears 246 times across Plato's dialogues.

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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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