ἐράω (erao): all forms
ἐράω means “love, desire passionately”. Below is its full conjugation in Ancient Greek.
Present active
Present active | Indicative | Subjunctive | Optative | Imperative |
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| 1st singular | ἐρῶ | ἐρῶ | ἐρῴην · ἐρῷμι · ἐραίην | |
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| 2nd singular | ἐρᾷς | ἐρᾷς | ἐρῴης · ἐρῷς · ἐραίης | ἔρα |
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| 3rd singular | ἐρᾷ | ἐρᾷ | ἐρῴη · ἐρῷ · ἐραίη | ἐράτω |
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| 1st plural | ἐρῶμεν | ἐρῶμεν | ἐρῷμεν · ἐραίημεν · ἐραῖμεν · ἐρῴημεν | |
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| 2nd plural | ἐρᾶτε | ἐρᾶτε | ἐρῴητε · ἐρῷτε · ἐραῖτε · ἐραίητε | ἐρᾶτε |
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| 3rd plural | ἐρῶσι(ν) | ἐρῶσι(ν) | ἐρῷεν · ἐραῖεν · ἐραίησαν · ἐρῴησαν | ἐρώντων · ἐράτωσαν |
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Present passive
Present passive | Optative |
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| 2nd singular | ἐρῷο |
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Present middle/passive
Present middle/passive | Indicative | Subjunctive | Optative | Imperative |
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| 1st singular | ἐρῶμαι | ἐρῶμαι | ἐρῴμην | |
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| 2nd singular | ἐρᾷ | ἐρᾷ | ἐρῷο | ἐρῶ |
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| 3rd singular | ἐρᾶται | ἐρᾶται | ἐρῷτο | ἐράσθω |
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| 1st plural | ἐρώμεθα | ἐρώμεθα | ἐρῴμεθα | |
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| 2nd plural | ἐρᾶσθε | ἐρᾶσθε | ἐρῷσθε | ἐρᾶσθε |
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| 3rd plural | ἐρῶνται | ἐρῶνται | ἐρῷντο | ἐράσθων · ἐράσθωσαν |
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Imperfect active
Imperfect active | Indicative |
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| 1st singular | ἤρων |
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| 2nd singular | ἤρας |
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| 3rd singular | ἤρα |
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| 1st plural | ἠρῶμεν |
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| 2nd plural | ἠρᾶτε |
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| 3rd plural | ἤρων |
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Imperfect middle/passive
Imperfect middle/passive | Indicative |
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| 1st singular | ἠρώμην |
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| 2nd singular | ἠρῶ |
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| 3rd singular | ἠρᾶτο |
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| 1st plural | ἠρώμεθα |
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| 2nd plural | ἠρᾶσθε |
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| 3rd plural | ἠρῶντο |
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Infinitives
Infinitives | Active | Passive | Middle/passive |
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| Present | ἐρᾶν · ἐρᾷν | ἐρᾶσθαι | ἐρᾶσθαι |
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Participles
Present active participle, singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
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| Nominative | ἐρῶν | ἐρῶσα | ἐρῶν |
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| Genitive | ἐρῶντος | ἐρώσης | ἐρῶντος |
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| Dative | ἐρῶντι | ἐρώσῃ | ἐρῶντι |
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| Accusative | ἐρῶντα | ἐρῶσαν | ἐρῶν |
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| Vocative | ἐρῶν | ἐρῶσα | ἐρῶν |
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Present active participle, plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
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| Nominative | ἐρῶντες | ἐρῶσαι | ἐρῶντα |
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| Genitive | ἐρώντων | ἐρωσῶν | ἐρώντων |
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| Dative | ἐρῶσι(ν) | ἐρώσαις | ἐρῶσι(ν) |
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| Accusative | ἐρῶντας | ἐρώσας | ἐρῶντα |
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| Vocative | ἐρῶντες | ἐρῶσαι | ἐρῶντα |
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Present passive participle, singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
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| Nominative | ἐρώμενος | ἐρωμένη | ἐρώμενον |
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| Genitive | ἐρωμένου | ἐρωμένης | ἐρωμένου |
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| Dative | ἐρωμένῳ | ἐρωμένῃ | ἐρωμένῳ |
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| Accusative | ἐρώμενον | ἐρωμένην | ἐρώμενον |
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| Vocative | ἐρώμενε | ἐρωμένη | ἐρώμενον |
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Present passive participle, plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
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| Nominative | ἐρώμενοι | ἐρώμεναι | ἐρώμενα |
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| Genitive | ἐρωμένων | ἐρωμένων | ἐρωμένων |
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| Dative | ἐρωμένοις | ἐρωμέναις | ἐρωμένοις |
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| Accusative | ἐρωμένους | ἐρωμένας | ἐρώμενα |
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| Vocative | ἐρώμενοι | ἐρώμεναι | ἐρώμενα |
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Present middle/passive participle, singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
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| Nominative | ἐρώμενος | ἐρωμένη | ἐρώμενον |
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| Genitive | ἐρωμένου | ἐρωμένης | ἐρωμένου |
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| Dative | ἐρωμένῳ | ἐρωμένῃ | ἐρωμένῳ |
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| Accusative | ἐρώμενον | ἐρωμένην | ἐρώμενον |
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| Vocative | ἐρώμενε | ἐρωμένη | ἐρώμενον |
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Present middle/passive participle, plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
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| Nominative | ἐρώμενοι | ἐρώμεναι | ἐρώμενα |
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| Genitive | ἐρωμένων | ἐρωμένων | ἐρωμένων |
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| Dative | ἐρωμένοις | ἐρωμέναις | ἐρωμένοις |
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| Accusative | ἐρωμένους | ἐρωμένας | ἐρώμενα |
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| Vocative | ἐρώμενοι | ἐρώμεναι | ἐρώμενα |
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Meaning and examples of ἐράω
Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Liddell-Scott-Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.