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ἠρόμην
ἠρόμην
Ancient Greek
Verb
ἠρόμην • (ērómēn)
- to ask, question, inquire, find out
Usage notes
Serves as aorist to ἐρωτάω (erōtáō, “ask”). Present forms not used except in Epic and Ionic Greek.
Inflection
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| middle/ passive |
indicative | εἴρομαι | εἴρῃ, εἴρει |
εἴρεται | εἴρεσθον | εἴρεσθον | εἰρόμεθᾰ | εἴρεσθε | εἴρονται | ||||
| subjunctive | εἴρωμαι | εἴρῃ | εἴρηται | εἴρησθον | εἴρησθον | εἰρώμεθᾰ | εἴρησθε | εἴρωνται | |||||
| optative | εἰροίμην | εἴροιο | εἴροιτο | εἴροισθον | εἰροίσθην | εἰροίμεθᾰ | εἴροισθε | εἴροιντο | |||||
| imperative | εἴρου | εἰρέσθω | εἴρεσθον | εἰρέσθων | εἴρεσθε | εἰρέσθων | |||||||
| middle/passive | |||||||||||||
| infinitive | εἴρεσθαι | ||||||||||||
| participle | m | εἰρόμενος | |||||||||||
| f | εἰρομένη | ||||||||||||
| n | εἰρόμενον | ||||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation. | ||||||||||||
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| middle/ passive |
indicative | εἰρέομαι | εἰρέῃ, εἰρέει |
εἰρέεται | εἰρέεσθον | εἰρέεσθον | εἰρεόμεθᾰ | εἰρέεσθε | εἰρέονται | ||||
| subjunctive | εἰρέωμαι | εἰρέῃ | εἰρέηται | εἰρέησθον | εἰρέησθον | εἰρεώμεθᾰ | εἰρέησθε | εἰρέωνται | |||||
| optative | εἰρεοίμην | εἰρέοιο | εἰρέοιτο | εἰρέοισθον | εἰρεοίσθην | εἰρεοίμεθᾰ | εἰρέοισθε | εἰρέοιντο | |||||
| imperative | εἰρέου | εἰρεέσθω | εἰρέεσθον | εἰρεέσθων | εἰρέεσθε | εἰρεέσθων | |||||||
| middle/passive | |||||||||||||
| infinitive | εἰρέεσθαι | ||||||||||||
| participle | m | εἰρεόμενος | |||||||||||
| f | εἰρεομένη | ||||||||||||
| n | εἰρεόμενον | ||||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation. | ||||||||||||
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| middle | indicative | ἠρόμην | ἤρου | ἤρετο | ἤρεσθον | ἠρέσθην | ἠρόμεθᾰ | ἤρεσθε | ἤροντο | ||||
| subjunctive | ἔρωμαι | ἔρῃ | ἔρηται | ἔρησθον | ἔρησθον | ἐρώμεθᾰ | ἔρησθε | ἔρωνται | |||||
| optative | ἐροίμην | ἔροιο | ἔροιτο | ἔροισθον | ἐροίσθην | ἐροίμεθᾰ | ἔροισθε | ἔροιντο | |||||
| imperative | ἐροῦ | ἐρέσθω | ἔρεσθον | ἐρέσθων | ἔρεσθε | ἐρέσθων | |||||||
| middle | |||||||||||||
| infinitive | ἐρέσθαι | ||||||||||||
| participle | m | ἐρόμενος | |||||||||||
| f | ἐρομένη | ||||||||||||
| n | ἐρόμενον | ||||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation. | ||||||||||||
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| middle | indicative | ἐρήσομαι | ἐρήσῃ, ἐρήσει |
ἐρήσεται | ἐρήσεσθον | ἐρήσεσθον | ἐρησόμεθᾰ | ἐρήσεσθε | ἐρήσονται | ||||
| optative | ἐρησοίμην | ἐρήσοιο | ἐρήσοιτο | ἐρήσοισθον | ἐρησοίσθην | ἐρησοίμεθᾰ | ἐρήσοισθε | ἐρήσοιντο | |||||
| middle | |||||||||||||
| infinitive | ἐρήσεσθαι | ||||||||||||
| participle | m | ἐρησόμενος | |||||||||||
| f | ἐρησομένη | ||||||||||||
| n | ἐρησόμενον | ||||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation. | ||||||||||||
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| middle | indicative | εἰρήσομαι | εἰρήσῃ, εἰρήσει |
εἰρήσεται | εἰρήσεσθον | εἰρήσεσθον | εἰρησόμεθᾰ | εἰρήσεσθε | εἰρήσονται | ||||
| optative | εἰρησοίμην | εἰρήσοιο | εἰρήσοιτο | εἰρήσοισθον | εἰρησοίσθην | εἰρησοίμεθᾰ | εἰρήσοισθε | εἰρήσοιντο | |||||
| middle | |||||||||||||
| infinitive | εἰρήσεσθαι | ||||||||||||
| participle | m | εἰρησόμενος | |||||||||||
| f | εἰρησομένη | ||||||||||||
| n | εἰρησόμενον | ||||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation. | ||||||||||||
References
ἔρομαι in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press