ask,
ἐρωτ-άω, Ep. and Ion.
εἰρωτάω,
contr. in Hom. and best codd. of Hdt. , as 3.119 , 4.145 ,al. :impf.
A.
ἠρώτων
Hp. Epid. 7.3
, (ἐπ-) Th. 7.10 ,etc. ; εἰρώτα
Od. 15.423
; Ion.
εἰρώτευν
Hdt. 1.158
,part. -τεῦντας v.l. in
3.62 (elsewh. εἰρώτων
3.140
):fut.
-ήσω
Hp. VM 15
, Pl. R. 350e , etc. :aor.I ἠρώτησα
X. Cyr. 4.5.21
, S. Tr. 403 , etc. :pf.
ἠρώτηκα
Pl. Phlb. 18a
:—used in Att. to supply the defective tenses ofἔρομαι:—ask, τινά τιsomethingofone, ἅ μ' εἰρωτᾷς
Od. 4.347
; εἰρωτᾷς μ' ὄνομα κλυτόν
9.364
; ὅς' ἄν ς' ἐρωτῶ
S. OT 1122
; οὐ τοῦτ' ἐρωτῶ ς'
Ar. Nu. 641
:— Pass. ,to be asked, τι
Pl. Lg. 895e , X. Cyr. 1.4.3 .
2. ἐ. τι ask abouta thing, A. Pr. 228 , Pl. R. 508a ; τιπερί τινος
Id. Tht. 185c
;ἐ. ἐρώτημα to aska question, Id. R. 487e ;τὰς πύστεις ἐρωτῶντες εἰ.. puttingthe question, whether.., Th. 1.5 :— Pass. ,τὸ ἐρωτηθέν, τὸ ἐρωτώμενον ἀποκρίνασθαι,to answer thequestion,
Th. 3.61 , X. Mem. 4.2.23 , etc. ; τὰ ἔμπροσθεν ἠρωτημένα
Pl. Lg. 662e
:— Pass. , also with person as subject,ἐρωτηθεὶς τὸ καλόν asked aboutbeauty, Id. Hp.Ma. 289c .
3. folld. by indirect question, εἰρώτα..τίς εἴη καὶ πόθεν ἔλθοι
Od. 15.423
;ἐ. εἰ..orἤν.. to askwhether.., Hp. Steril. 230 , cf. Th. 8.53 ; ἐ. ἦ..
A. Th. 181
; αἰτίαν καθ' ἥντινα
Id. Pr. 228
; πότεροι..
Ar. Ach. 648
; τοῦτο πρῶτον ἠρώτα, πότερον..
X. An. 3.1.7
; ἐ. πῶς δεῖ ποιεῖν
Id. Mem. 1.3.1
.
II. questiona person, εἰρωτᾷς μ' ἐλθόντα θεὰ θεόν
Od. 5.97
; ἐ. καὶ ἐλέγχειν
Antipho 6.23
; τινα ἀμφί τινος
E. Ion 236
(lyr.):— Pass. ,to be questioned,
ἐρωτᾶσθαι θέλω
Id. IA 1130
.
b. of sentries,challenge,
Aen.Tact. 22.12 ;τὸ ἐρωτώμενονthepassword,
Id. 26.9 .
2. in Dialectic, opp. demonstration,questionan opponentin order to refute him from his answers,
Arist. APr. 24a24 ;τιib. 42a39 ; hence later,submit, set forth, propoundan argument, λόγον
Gal. 5.257
:— Pass. , ὁ λόγος..ἠρωτῆσθαι φαίνεται
Arr. Epict. 2.19.1
; ἐρωτηθέντος τοῦ σοφίσματος
S.E. P. 2.237
.
III. later, = αἰτέω ,beg, entreat,
ἐ. τινὰ τὰ εἰς εἰρήνην
LXX
I Ki. 30.21 , al. ;ἐρωτᾶτε τὰ εἰς εἰρήνην τὴν Ἱερουσαλήμib. Ps. 121(122).6 ; ἅ σε ἐρωτῶ
PMag.Par. 1.272
; ἐ. τινὰ ποιεῖν τι
POxy. 292.7
(i A.D.), Ev.Luc. 8.37 , etc. ;ἐ. τινὰ ἵνα..ib. 7.36 ;ὅπως..ib. 7.3 , al., PMag.Leid.W. 16.13 ; ἐ. τὸν πατέρα περὶ ὑμῶν
Ev.Jo. 16.26
. (Perh. fromἐῥϝ̓ωτάω,cogn. withἐῥϝ̓έσθαι (v.ἔρομαι).)
