ἐπερωτάω

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

ἐπειρωτᾰ́ω (epeirōtáō) – Ionic

Etymology

From ἐπι- (epi-, “upon”) +‎ ἐρωτᾰ́ω (erōtáō, “to ask”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.pe.rɔː.tá.ɔː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e.pe.roˈta.o/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.pe.roˈta.o/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.pe.roˈta.o/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.pe.roˈta.o/

Verb

ἐπερωτᾰ́ω • (eperōtáō)

to consult, inquire of, question
- 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 1.53
- 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 1.118
- 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 1.32, (compare Demosthenes, Against Macartatus 66)
- 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 5.45
- 360 BCE, Plato, The Sophist 250A
1. (with object accusative) to ask a thing
  - 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 1.30
  - 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 1.55
  - 480 BCE – 411 BCE, Antiphon of Rhamnus, Collected Works 112.30
  - 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Protagoras 329A
  - 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 7.100
  - 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Oeconomicus 5.19
  - 366 BCE – 348 BCE, Plato, Theaetetus 146E
2. (with personal accusative)
  - 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 9.33, (compare Aeschines, Collected Works 11.33)
3. (absolute) to put the question
  - 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Demosthenes, Against Androtion 9

Inflection

Present: ἐπερωτᾰ́ω, ἐπερωτᾰ́ομαι (Uncontracted)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ἐπερωτᾰ́ω	ἐπερωτᾰ́εις	ἐπερωτᾰ́ει	ἐπερωτᾰ́ετον	ἐπερωτᾰ́ετον	ἐπερωτᾰ́ομεν	ἐπερωτᾰ́ετε	ἐπερωτᾰ́ουσῐ(ν)
	subjunctive	ἐπερωτᾰ́ω	ἐπερωτᾰ́ῃς	ἐπερωτᾰ́ῃ	ἐπερωτᾰ́ητον	ἐπερωτᾰ́ητον	ἐπερωτᾰ́ωμεν	ἐπερωτᾰ́ητε	ἐπερωτᾰ́ωσῐ(ν)
	optative	ἐπερωτᾰ́οιμῐ	ἐπερωτᾰ́οις	ἐπερωτᾰ́οι	ἐπερωτᾰ́οιτον	ἐπερωτᾰοίτην	ἐπερωτᾰ́οιμεν	ἐπερωτᾰ́οιτε	ἐπερωτᾰ́οιεν
	imperative		ἐπερώτᾰε	ἐπερωτᾰέτω	ἐπερωτᾰ́ετον	ἐπερωτᾰέτων		ἐπερωτᾰ́ετε	ἐπερωτᾰόντων
middle/ passive	indicative	ἐπερωτᾰ́ομαι	ἐπερωτᾰ́ῃ, ἐπερωτᾰ́ει	ἐπερωτᾰ́εται	ἐπερωτᾰ́εσθον	ἐπερωτᾰ́εσθον	ἐπερωτᾰόμεθᾰ	ἐπερωτᾰ́εσθε	ἐπερωτᾰ́ονται
	subjunctive	ἐπερωτᾰ́ωμαι	ἐπερωτᾰ́ῃ	ἐπερωτᾰ́ηται	ἐπερωτᾰ́ησθον	ἐπερωτᾰ́ησθον	ἐπερωτᾰώμεθᾰ	ἐπερωτᾰ́ησθε	ἐπερωτᾰ́ωνται
	optative	ἐπερωτᾰοίμην	ἐπερωτᾰ́οιο	ἐπερωτᾰ́οιτο	ἐπερωτᾰ́οισθον	ἐπερωτᾰοίσθην	ἐπερωτᾰοίμεθᾰ	ἐπερωτᾰ́οισθε	ἐπερωτᾰ́οιντο
	imperative		ἐπερωτᾰ́ου	ἐπερωτᾰέσθω	ἐπερωτᾰ́εσθον	ἐπερωτᾰέσθων		ἐπερωτᾰ́εσθε	ἐπερωτᾰέσθων
		active				middle/passive
infinitive		ἐπερωτᾰ́ειν				ἐπερωτᾰ́εσθαι
participle	m	ἐπερωτᾰ́ων				ἐπερωτᾰόμενος
	f	ἐπερωτᾰ́ουσᾰ				ἐπερωτᾰομένη
	n	ἐπερωτᾰ́ον				ἐπερωτᾰόμενον
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

Present: ἐπερωτῶ, ἐπερωτῶμαι (Contracted)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ἐπερωτῶ	ἐπερωτᾷς	ἐπερωτᾷ	ἐπερωτᾶτον	ἐπερωτᾶτον	ἐπερωτῶμεν	ἐπερωτᾶτε	ἐπερωτῶσῐ(ν)
	subjunctive	ἐπερωτῶ	ἐπερωτᾷς	ἐπερωτᾷ	ἐπερωτᾶτον	ἐπερωτᾶτον	ἐπερωτῶμεν	ἐπερωτᾶτε	ἐπερωτῶσῐ(ν)
	optative	ἐπερωτῴην, ἐπερωτῷμῐ	ἐπερωτῴης, ἐπερωτῷς	ἐπερωτῴη, ἐπερωτῷ	ἐπερωτῷτον, ἐπερωτῴητον	ἐπερωτῴτην, ἐπερωτῳήτην	ἐπερωτῷμεν, ἐπερωτῴημεν	ἐπερωτῷτε, ἐπερωτῴητε	ἐπερωτῷεν, ἐπερωτῴησᾰν
	imperative		ἐπερώτᾱ	ἐπερωτᾱ́τω	ἐπερωτᾶτον	ἐπερωτᾱ́των		ἐπερωτᾶτε	ἐπερωτώντων
middle/ passive	indicative	ἐπερωτῶμαι	ἐπερωτᾷ	ἐπερωτᾶται	ἐπερωτᾶσθον	ἐπερωτᾶσθον	ἐπερωτώμεθᾰ	ἐπερωτᾶσθε	ἐπερωτῶνται
	subjunctive	ἐπερωτῶμαι	ἐπερωτᾷ	ἐπερωτᾶται	ἐπερωτᾶσθον	ἐπερωτᾶσθον	ἐπερωτώμεθᾰ	ἐπερωτᾶσθε	ἐπερωτῶνται
	optative	ἐπερωτῴμην	ἐπερωτῷο	ἐπερωτῷτο	ἐπερωτῷσθον	ἐπερωτῴσθην	ἐπερωτῴμεθᾰ	ἐπερωτῷσθε	ἐπερωτῷντο
	imperative		ἐπερωτῶ	ἐπερωτᾱ́σθω	ἐπερωτᾶσθον	ἐπερωτᾱ́σθων		ἐπερωτᾶσθε	ἐπερωτᾱ́σθων
		active				middle/passive
infinitive		ἐπερωτᾶν				ἐπερωτᾶσθαι
participle	m	ἐπερωτῶν				ἐπερωτώμενος
	f	ἐπερωτῶσᾰ				ἐπερωτωμένη
	n	ἐπερωτῶν				ἐπερωτώμενον
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

References

“ἐπερωτάω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“ἐπερωτάω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
ἐπερωτάω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
G1905 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
ἐπερωτάω in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften