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ἐρωτάω

ἐρωτάω, ἐρωτάω, fut. ἐρωτήσω and ἐρήσομαι, aor. ἠρώτησα and ἠρόμην, ἠρώτηκα, ἠρώτημαι, ἠρωτήθην, ask, question

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ἐρωτῆσαί aorist active infinitive of ἐρωτάω

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ἐρωτ-άω, 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. 1 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:—
  • 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; τι περί 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 1 Ki. 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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