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ἐρωτάω

erotao

ask

Appears 408 times across Plato's dialogues.

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ἐρωτάω, Ep. and Ion. εἰρωτάω, contr. in Hom. and best codd. of Hdt., as 3.119,4.145,al. : impf. ἠρώτων Hp. Epid. 7.3, (ἐπ-) Th. 7.10, etc. ; εἰρώτα Od. 15.423 ; Ion. εἰρώτευν Hdt. 1.158, part. -τεῦντας v.l. in 3.62 (elsewh. εἰρώτων 3.140): fut. -ήσω Hp. VM 15, Pl. R. 350e, etc. : aor. I ἠρώτησα X. Cyr. 4.5.21, S. Tr. 403, etc. : pf. ἠρώτηκα Pl. Phlb. 18a:—used in Att. to supply the defective tenses of ἔρομαι:—Α. ask, τινά τι something of one, ἅ μʼ εἰρωτᾷς Od. 4.347 ; εἰρωτᾷς μʼ ὄνομα κλυτόν 9.364 ; ὅσʼ ἄν σʼ ἐρωτῶ S. OT 1122 ; οὐ τοῦτʼ ἐρωτῶ σʼ Ar. Nu. 641:—Pass., to be asked, τι Pl. Lg. 895e, X. Cyr. 1.4.3. 2. ἐ. τι ask about a thing, A. Pr. 228, Pl. R. 508a ; τιπερί τινος Id. Tht. 185c ; ἐ. ἐρώτημα to ask a question, Id. R. 487e ; τὰς πύστεις ἐρωτῶντες εἰ.. putting the question, whether.., Th. 1.5:—Pass., τὸ ἐρωτηθέν, τὸ ἐρωτώμενον ἀποκρίνασθαι, to answer the question, Th. 3.61, X. Mem. 4.2.23, etc. ; τὰ ἔμπροσθεν ἠρωτημένα Pl. Lg. 662e:—Pass., also with person as subject, ἐρωτηθεὶς τὸ καλόν asked about beauty, Id. Hp.Ma. 289c. 3. folld. by indirect question, εἰρώτα..τίς εἴη καὶ πόθεν ἔλθοι Od. 15.423 ; ἐ. εἰ.. or ἤν.. to ask whether.., Hp. Steril. 230, cf. Th. 8.53 ; ἐ. ἦ.. A. Th. 181 ; αἰτίαν καθʼ ἥντινα Id. Pr. 228 ; πότεροι.. Ar. Ach. 648 ; τοῦτο πρῶτον ἠρώτα, πότερον.. X. An. 3.1.7 ; ἐ. πῶς δεῖ ποιεῖν Id. Mem. 1.3.1. II. question a person, εἰρωτᾷς μʼ ἐλθόντα θεὰ θεόν Od. 5.97 ; ἐ. καὶ ἐλέγχειν Antipho 6.23 ; τινα ἀμφί τινος E. Ion 236(lyr.):— Pass., to be questioned, ἐρωτᾶσθαι θέλω Id. IA 1130. b. of sentries, challenge, Aen.Tact. 22.12 ; τὸ ἐρωτώμενον the password, Id. 26.9. 2. in Dialectic, opp. demonstration, question an opponent in order to refute him from his answers, Arist. APr. 24a24 ; τι ib.42a39 ; hence later, submit, set forth, propound an argument, λόγον Gal. 5.257:—Pass., ὁ λόγος..ἠρωτῆσθαι φαίνεται Arr. Epict. 2.19.1 ; ἐρωτηθέντος τοῦ σοφίσματος S.E. P. 2.237. III. later, = αἰτέω, beg, entreat, ἐ. τινὰ τὰ εἰς εἰρήνην LXX IKi. 30.21, al. ; ἐρωτᾶτε τὰ εἰς εἰρήνην τὴν Ἱερουσαλήμ ib.Ps. 121(122).6 ; ἅ σε ἐρωτῶ PMag.Par. 1.272 ; ἐ. τινὰ ποιεῖν τι POxy. 292.7(i A.D.), Ev.Luc. 8.37, etc. ; ἐ. τινὰ ἵνα.. ib.7.36 ; ὅπως.. ib.7.3, al., PMag.Leid.W. 16.13 ; ἐ. τὸν πατέρα περὶ ὑμῶν Ev.Jo. 16.26. (Perh. from ἐρ (ϝ) ωτάω, cogn. with ἐρ (ϝ) έσθαι (v. ἔρομαι).)
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