ἔρομαι
ἔρομαι (not found in pres. ind. (exc. 2 sg. 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:—
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"definition": "<i>ask, inquire,</i> 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.",
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"quote": "τὸν ξεῖνον ἐρώμεθα εἴ τινʼ ἄεθλον οἶδε",
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"quote": "ἠρόμην ὅπου..",
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"quote": "διὰ τί..",
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"definition": "<i>learn by inquiry,</i> ἐρέεσθαι δώματα πατρός Od. 6.298 ; <i>ask after</i> or <i>for,</i> εἰρόμεναι παῖδας Il. 6.239 ; εἴρεαι Ἕκτορα δῖον 24.390 ; θεῶν εἰρώμεθα βουλάς Od. 16.402.",
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"definition": "<i>question,</i> 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.",
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"definition": "<i>petition,</i> Ar. Eq. 574.",
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"definition": "<i>to ask</i> one <i>about</i> 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.",
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"definition": "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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"quote": "οἱ δέ μιν ἀμφὶ δίκας εἴροντο",
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"quote": "ἀμφὶ πόσει εἴρεσθαι",
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