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                    "description": "<b>*ἔρομαι<\/b> <font color='darkgreen'>(<i>impf<\/i>. εἰρόμην, <i>f<\/i>. ἐρήσομαι, <i>ao.2<\/i> ἠρόμην, <i>d’où impér<\/i>. ἐροῦ, <i>inf<\/i>. ἐρέσθαι, <i>part<\/i>. ἐρόμενος ; <i>pf. inus<\/i>.)<\/font> demander, interroger : τινα, IL. <i>1, 332, etc. ;<\/i> OD. <i>1, 284, etc., ou<\/i> sur qqn, IL. <i>6, 239 ; 24, 390,<\/i> OD. <i>16, 402 ;<\/i> τι, OD. <i>6, 298,<\/i> demander qqe ch., questionner sur qqe ch. ; τινά τι, OD. <i>7, 237 ;<\/i> PD. <i>O. 6, 49 ;<\/i> PLAT. <i>Prot. 354<\/i> a, <i>etc<\/i>. demander qqe ch. à qqn ; τινα περί τινος, OD. <i>1, 135 ;<\/i> HDT. <i>4, 76 ;<\/i> EUR. <i>El. 548 ;<\/i> τινα ἀμφί τι, OD. <i>11, 570, ou<\/i> ἀμφί τινι, OD. <i>19, 95,<\/i> questionner qqn sur qqe ch. ; <i>avec un relat<\/i>. ἤρετο ὅ τι θαυμάζοι, THC. <i>3, 113,<\/i> il demandait de quoi il s’étonnait ; <i>cf<\/i>. OD. <i>9, 402, etc. ;<\/i> ἐρέσθαι ὅπου, PLAT. <i>Rsp. 327<\/i> c ; ἐρ. διά τι, PLAT. <i>Prot. 355<\/i> c, <i>etc<\/i>. demander où, pourquoi ; <i>suivi d’une interr. directe :<\/i> ἤρετο Ξενοφῶντα· εἰπέ μοι, ἔφη, ὦ Ξενοφῶν, οὐ σὺ ἐνόμιζες ; XÉN. <i>Mem. 1, 3, 9,<\/i> il demanda à Xénophon : dis-moi, Xénophon, ne pensais-tu pas… ?<p style='color:darkgreen'>➳ <i>Prés. impér<\/i>. ἔρειο, IL. <i>11, 611 ; sbj. 1 pl<\/i>. ἐρώμεθα, OD. <i>8, 133 ; opt. 3 sg<\/i>. ἔροιτο, OD. <i>1, 135 ; 3, 77. Épq. prés. 2 sg<\/i>. εἴρεαι IL. <i>15, 247 ;<\/i> OD. <i>3, 80 ; impér. 2 sg<\/i>. εἴρεο, OD. <i>1, 284 ; 3 sg<\/i>. εἰρέσθω, OD. <i>17, 571 ; sbj<\/i>. εἴρομαι, <i>etc. ; inf<\/i>. εἴρεσθαι ; <i>part<\/i>. εἰρόμενος ; <i>impf. 3 sg<\/i>. εἴρετο, OD. <i>9, 251, etc. ; 3 pl<\/i>. εἴροντο, OD. <i>9, 402, etc. ; fut<\/i>. εἰρήσομαι, OD. <i>7, 237 ; 19, 104, 509 ; 3 sg<\/i>. εἰρήσεται, OD. <i>19, 46 ; 1 pl<\/i>. εἰρησόμεθα, OD. <i>4, 61<\/i>.<\/p><p style='color:darkblue'><b>Étym<\/b>. εἴρομαι <i>p<\/i>. *ἔρϝ-ομαι, <i>de la R. indo-europ<\/i>. *h₁r(e)u-, interroger, demander.<\/p>"
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                    "reference": "Liddell-Scott-Jones, Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1940)",
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                    "description": "(not found in <i>pres. ind.<\/i> (exc. <i>2 sg.<\/i> ἔρεαι Orac. in <i>Certamen<\/i> Prooem.), its place being taken by ἐρέω¹, ἐρωτάω) ; <i>Ion. and Ep.<\/i> εἴρομαι <i>Il.<\/i> 1.553, <i>Od.<\/i> 1.284, al. ; <i>impf. (= aor.)<\/i> εἰρόμην <i>Il.<\/i> 1.513, Pi. <i>O.<\/i> 6.49, Hdt. 2.44, etc. ; <i>fut.<\/i> ἐρήσομαι S. <i>OT<\/i> 1166, Ar. <i>Nu.<\/i> 1409, Pl. <i>Prt.<\/i> 355c ; Ion. εἰρήσομαι <i>Od.<\/i> 4.61, 7.237, Hdt. 1.67 (ἐπ-); <i>aor.2<\/i> ἠρόμην Sappho 1.15, E. <i>Ion<\/i> 541, Th. 3.113, etc. ; <i>imper.<\/i> ἐροῦ S. <i>El.<\/i> 563, E. <i>Or.<\/i> 763 (troch.), etc., Ep. ἔρειο <i>Il.<\/i> 11.611 ; <i>subj.<\/i> ἔρωμαι <i>Od.<\/i> 8.133, Pl. <i>R.<\/i> 538d, etc. ; εἴρωμαι <i>Od.<\/i> 16.402, Hdt. 4.76 ; <i>opt.<\/i> ἐροίμην <i>Od.<\/i> 1.135, 3.77, etc. ; <i>inf.<\/i> 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. <i>El.<\/i> 548, cf. Hdn. <i>Gr.<\/i> 1.466) ; <i>part.<\/i> ἐρόμενος Ar. <i>Eq.<\/i> 574, Th. 4.40; — Ep. and Ion. also ἐρέομαι in <i>subj.<\/i> ἐρέωμαι <i>Od.<\/i> 17.509, <i>inf.<\/i> ἐρέεσθαι 6.298, 23.106, Hp. <i>Prorrh.<\/i> 2.41, <i>impf.<\/i> ἐρέοντο <i>Il.<\/i> 1.332, 8.445 ; ἐπειρεόμενος is <font color='brown'>v.l.<\/font> in Hdt. 3.64: <br\/><b>ask, inquire<\/b>, mostly folld. by indirect question, εἴροντο… ὅττι ἑκήδοι <i>Od.<\/i> 9.402, etc. ; ἤρετο ὅτι θαυμάζοι Th. 3.113 ; τὸν ξεῖνον ἐρώμεθα εἴ τιν’ ἄεθλον οἶδε <i>Od.<\/i> 8.133, etc. ; ἠρόμην ὅπου… Pl. <i>R.<\/i> 327b ; διὰ τί… Id. <i>Prt.<\/i> 355c, etc. ; folld. by a direct question, ἤρετο Ξενοφῶντα, εἰπέ μοι, ἔφη, ὦ Ξενοφῶν, οὐ σὺ ἐνόμιζες… ; X. <i>Mem.<\/i> 1.3.8 ; ἐρομένου δὲ τοῦ Ἀγησιλάου, ἆρ’ ἂν ἐν καιρῷ γένοιτο, εἰ… ; Id. <i>HG<\/i> 4.3.2, cf. <i>Cyr.<\/i> 1.4.19. c. acc. objecti, <b>learn by inquiry<\/b>, ἐρέεσθαι δώματα πατρός <i>Od.<\/i> 6.298 ; <b>ask after<\/b> or <b>for<\/b>, εἰρόμεναι παῖδας <i>Il.<\/i> 6.239 ; εἴρεαι Ἕκτορα δῖον 24.390 ; θεῶν εἰρώμεθα βουλάς <i>Od.<\/i> 16.402.<br\/>c. acc. pers., <b>question<\/b>, <i>Il.<\/i> 1.332, etc., Hdt. 1.32, Lys. 12.24 ; εἴρετο δ’ ἡμέας, ὦ ξεῖνοι, τίνες ἐστέ ; <i>Od.<\/i> 9.251 ; ἀλλήλους εἴροντο τίς εἴη καὶ πόθεν ἔλθοι 17.368, cf. E. <i>Or.<\/i> 763 (troch.), etc. ; in later Prose, Jul. <i>Or.<\/i> 7.229b.<br\/>c. acc. pers., <b>petition<\/b>, Ar. <i>Eq.<\/i> 574.<br\/>c. dupl. acc., <b>to ask<\/b> one <b>about<\/b> a thing, τὸ μέν σε πρῶτον… εἰρήσομαι…, τίς πόθεν εἰς ἀνδρῶν ; <i>Od.<\/i> 7.237, cf. 19.509 ; ἐρήσομαί σε τουτί· παῖδά μ’ ὄντ’ ἔτυπτες ; Ar. <i>Nu.<\/i> 1409. freq. τινὰ περί τινος, as ἵνα μιν περὶ πατρὸς… ἔροιτο <i>Od.<\/i> 1.135, 3.77, cf. Hdt. 4.76, al., E. <i>El.<\/i> 548; also οἱ δέ μιν ἀμφὶ δίκας εἴροντο <i>Od.<\/i> 11.570; ἀμφὶ πόσει εἴρεσθαι 19.95. (Ion. εἰρ- <i>Att.<\/i> ἐρ- from ἐρϜ- (aor. stem), cf. ἐρέ(Ϝ)ω, ἐρευτής ; <i>pres.<\/i> ἐρέ(Ϝ)ομαι ; ἐροίμην and similar forms in Hom. are variously expld. or emended.)"
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