ἔραμαι, 2 sg. Ep. ἔρασσαι or ἔρᾱσαι Theoc. 1.78, 3 sg. ἔρᾱται Id. 2.149 (with unexpld. ᾱ); 2 pl. ἐράασθε Il. 16.208; 3 sg. subj. Aeol. and Dor. ἔρᾱται Sapph. Supp. 5.4, Pi. P. 4.92 ; opt. ἐραίμαν ib. 11.50 ; impf. ἠράμην [ᾰ] Sapph. 33, Thgn. 1346, etc.: fut. ἐρασθήσομαι A. Eu. 852 : aor. ἠράσθην Alcm. 33, Hdt. 1.8, 96, E. Med. 700, IG 1(2).920.2, poet. ἐράσθην Phoen. 1.19 ; poet. aor. Med. ἠρᾰσάμην Il. 16.182, Hermesian. 7.49, 96 ( Ep. and Lyr. ἠράσσατο Il. 20.223, Archil. 26, Nicaenet. 1.5 ; ἐράσσατο Hes. Th. 915, Pi. P. 2.27): pf. ἤρασμαι Parth. 2.3 : ἐράω (q.v.) supplies the pres. and impf. in Prose.
wear out, exhaust, δώροισι κατατρύχω καὶ ἐδωδῇ λαούς Il. 17.225; ἵνα μή σε κ. καὶ ἑταίρους Od. 15.309, cf. 16.84; τίς τυ κατατρύχει; Theoc. 1.78, cf. AP 7.630 ( Antiphil.), Luc. Herm. 77, Dips. 4, PLond. 5.1677.50 (vi A.D.):— Pass., μελέτῃ κατατρυχόμενοι E. Med. 1100 (anap.).