ἔρομαι (eromai): all forms
ἔρομαι means “ask, inquire”. Below is its full conjugation in Ancient Greek.
Present active
Present active | Subjunctive |
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| 3rd singular | ἐρέησι(ν) |
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| 3rd plural | ἐρέωσι(ν) |
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Present middle
Present middle | Indicative | Subjunctive | Optative | Imperative |
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| 1st singular | ἐρέομαι | ἐρέωμαι | ἐρεοίμην | |
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| 2nd singular | ἐρέει | ἐρέῃ | ἐρέοιο | ἐρέιο |
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| 3rd singular | ἐρέεται | ἐρέηται | ἐρέοιτο | ἐρεέσθω |
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| 1st plural | ἐρεόμεθα | ἐρεώμεθα | ἐρεοίμεθα | |
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| 2nd plural | ἐρέεσθε | ἐρέησθε | ἐρέοισθε | ἐρέεσθε |
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| 3rd plural | ἐρέονται | ἐρέωνται | ἐρέοιντο | ἐρεέσθων |
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Present middle/passive
Present middle/passive | Indicative | Subjunctive | Optative | Imperative |
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| 1st singular | εἴρομαι | εἴρωμαι | εἰροίμην | |
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| 2nd singular | ἔρῃ | εἴρηαι | ἔροιο | εἴρεο |
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| 3rd singular | εἴρεται | εἴρηται | εἴροιτο | εἰρέσθω |
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| 1st plural | εἰρόμεθα | εἰρώμεθα | εἰροίμεθα | |
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| 2nd plural | εἴρεσθε | εἴρησθε | εἴροισθε | εἴρεσθε |
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| 3rd plural | εἴρονται | εἴρωνται | εἰροίατο | εἰρέσθων |
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Imperfect middle
Imperfect middle | Indicative |
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| 1st singular | ἐρεόμαν |
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| 2nd singular | ἠρέου |
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| 3rd singular | ἠρέετο |
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| 1st plural | ἐρεόμεθα |
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| 2nd plural | ἐρέεσθε |
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| 3rd plural | ἐρέοντο |
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Imperfect middle/passive
Imperfect middle/passive | Indicative |
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| 1st singular | εἰρόμην |
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| 2nd singular | εἴρου |
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| 3rd singular | εἴρετο |
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| 1st plural | εἰρόμεθα |
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| 2nd plural | εἴρεσθε |
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| 3rd plural | εἴροντο |
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Future middle
Future middle | Indicative | Optative |
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| 1st singular | ἐρήσομαι | ἐρησοίμην |
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| 2nd singular | ἐρήσῃ · ἐρήσει | εἰρήσοιο · ἐρήσοιο |
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| 3rd singular | εἰρήσεται · ἐρήσεται | ἐρήσοιτο |
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| 1st plural | ἐρησόμεθα | ἐρησοίμεθα |
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| 2nd plural | ἐρήσεσθε | ἐρήσοισθε |
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| 3rd plural | ἐρήσονται | ἐρήσοιντο |
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Aorist middle
Aorist middle | Indicative | Subjunctive | Optative | Imperative |
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| 1st singular | ἠρόμην | ἔρωμαι | ἐροίμην | |
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| 2nd singular | ἤρου | ἔρῃ | ἔροιο | ἐροῦ |
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| 3rd singular | ἤρετο | ἔρηται | ἔροιτο | ἐρέσθω |
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| 1st plural | ἠρόμεθα | ἐρώμεθα | ἐροίμεθα | |
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| 2nd plural | ἤρεσθε | ἔρησθε | ἔροισθε | ἔρεσθε |
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| 3rd plural | ἤροντο | ἔρωνται | ἔροιντο | ἐρέσθων · ἐρέσθωσαν |
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Infinitives
Infinitives | Middle | Middle/passive |
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| Present | ἐρέεσθαι | εἴρεσθαι |
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| Future | ἐρήσεσθαι | |
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| Aorist | ἐρέσθαι | |
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Participles
Present middle participle, singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
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| Nominative | ἐρεόμενος | ἐρεομένη | ἐρεόμενον |
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| Genitive | ἐρεομένοιο | ἐρεομένης | ἐρεομένοιο |
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| Dative | ἐρεομένῳ | ἐρεομένῃ | ἐρεομένῳ |
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| Accusative | ἐρεόμενον | ἐρεομένην | ἐρεόμενον |
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| Vocative | ἐρεόμενε | ἐρεομένη | ἐρεόμενον |
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Present middle participle, plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
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| Nominative | ἐρεόμενοι | ἐρεόμεναι | ἐρεόμενα |
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| Genitive | ἐρεομένων | ἐρεομένων | ἐρεομένων |
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| Dative | ἐρεομένοις | ἐρεομέναις | ἐρεομένοις |
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| Accusative | ἐρεομένους | ἐρεομένας | ἐρεόμενα |
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| Vocative | ἐρεόμενοι | ἐρεόμεναι | ἐρεόμενα |
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Present middle/passive participle, singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
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| Nominative | εἰρόμενος | εἰρομένη | εἰρόμενον |
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| Genitive | εἰρομένω | εἰρομένης | εἰρομένω |
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| Dative | εἰρομένῳ | εἰρομένῃ | εἰρομένῳ |
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| Accusative | εἰρόμενον | εἰρομένην | εἰρόμενον |
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| Vocative | εἰρόμενε | εἰρομένη | εἰρόμενον |
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Present middle/passive participle, plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
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| Nominative | εἰρόμενοι | εἰρόμεναι | εἰρόμενα |
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| Genitive | εἰρομένων | εἰρομένων | εἰρομένων |
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| Dative | εἰρομένοις | εἰρομέναις | εἰρομένοις |
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| Accusative | εἰρομένους | εἰρομένας | εἰρόμενα |
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| Vocative | εἰρόμενοι | εἰρόμεναι | εἰρόμενα |
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Future middle participle, singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
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| Nominative | ἐρησόμενος | ἐρησομένη | ἐρησόμενον |
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| Genitive | ἐρησομένου | ἐρησομένης | ἐρησομένου |
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| Dative | ἐρησομένῳ | ἐρησομένῃ | ἐρησομένῳ |
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| Accusative | ἐρησόμενον | ἐρησομένην | ἐρησόμενον |
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| Vocative | ἐρησόμενε | ἐρησομένη | ἐρησόμενον |
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Future middle participle, plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
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| Nominative | ἐρησόμενοι | ἐρησόμεναι | ἐρησόμενα |
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| Genitive | ἐρησομένων | ἐρησομένων | ἐρησομένων |
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| Dative | ἐρησομένοις | ἐρησομέναις | ἐρησομένοις |
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| Accusative | ἐρησομένους | ἐρησομένας | ἐρησόμενα |
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| Vocative | ἐρησόμενοι | ἐρησόμεναι | ἐρησόμενα |
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Aorist middle participle, singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
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| Nominative | ἐρόμενος | ἐρομένη | ἐρόμενον |
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| Genitive | ἐρομένου | ἐρομένης | ἐρομένου |
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| Dative | ἐρομένῳ | ἐρομένῃ | ἐρομένῳ |
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| Accusative | ἐρόμενον | ἐρομένην | ἐρόμενον |
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| Vocative | ἐρόμενε | ἐρομένη | ἐρόμενον |
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Aorist middle participle, plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
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| Nominative | ἐρόμενοι | ἐρόμεναι | ἐρόμενα |
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| Genitive | ἐρομένων | ἐρομένων | ἐρομένων |
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| Dative | ἐρομένοις | ἐρομέναις | ἐρομένοις |
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| Accusative | ἐρομένους | ἐρομένας | ἐρόμενα |
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| Vocative | ἐρόμενοι | ἐρόμεναι | ἐρόμενα |
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Meaning and examples of ἔρομαι
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.