ἐρωτάω
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. 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:—