ἔρομαι

ἔρομαι (not found in [tense] pres. ind. (exc. [ per.] 2sg. ἔρεαι Orac. in Certamen Prooem.), its place being taken by ἐρέω (A), ἐρωτάω) ; [dialect] Ion. and [dialect] Ep. [full] εἴρομαι Il.1.553, Od.1.284, al.: [tense] impf.(=[tense] aor.)

A

εἰρόμην Il.1.513

, Pi.O.6.49, Hdt.2.44, etc.: [tense] fut.

ἐρήσομαι S.OT1166

, Ar.Nu.1409, Pl.Prt.355c ; [dialect] Ion.

εἰρήσομαι Od.4.61

,7.237, Hdt.1.67 ([etym.] ἐπ-): [tense] aor. 2

ἠρόμην Sapph. 1.15

, E.Ion541, Th.3.113, etc.; imper.

ἐροῦ S.El.563

, E.Or.763 (troch.), etc., [dialect] 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:—[dialect] Ep.and [dialect] Ion. also [full] ἐρέομαι in subj.

ἐρέωμαι Od.17.509

, inf.

ἐρέεσθαι 6.298

,23.106, Hp.Prorrh.2.41, [tense] impf.

ἐρέοντο Il.1.332

,8.445 ; ἐπ-ειρεόμενος is v.l. in Hdt.3.64:—ask, inquire, mostly folld. by indirect question,

εἴροντο.. ὅττι ἑ κήδοι Od.9.402

, etc.;

ἤρετο ὅτι θαυμάζοι Th.3.113

;

τὸν ξεῖνον ἐρώμεθα εἴ τιν' 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, ἆρ' ἂν ἐν καιρῷ γένοιτο, εἰ..; Id.HG4.3.2, cf. Cyr.1.4.19.

2 c. acc. objecti, learn by inquiry,

ἐρέεσθαι δώματα πατρός Od.6.298

; ask after or for,

εἰρόμεναι παῖδας Il.6.239

;

εἴρεαι Ἕκτορα δῖον 24.390

;

θεῶν εἰρώμεθα βουλάς Od.16.402

.

3 c. acc. pers., question, Il.1.332, etc., Hdt.1.32, Lys.12.24 ; εἴρετο δ' 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.

4 c. acc. pers., petition, Ar.Eq.574.

5 c. dupl.acc., to ask one about a thing, τὸ μέν σε πρῶτον..εἰρήσομαι.., τίς πόθεν εἰς ἀνδρῶν; Od.7.237, cf. 19.509 ; ἐρήσομαί σε τουτί· παῖδά μ' ὄντ' ἔτυπτες; Ar.Nu. 1409.

6 freq. 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

. ([dialect] Ion. εἰρ-[dialect] Att. ἐρ- from ἐρϝ- ([tense] aor. stem), cf. ἐρέ (ϝ) ω, e)reuth/s: [tense] pres. ἐρέ (ϝ) ομαι: ἐροίμην and similar forms in Hom. are variously expld. or emended.)