ἐρεείνω
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Ancient Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From the same root as ἔρομαι (éromai)/εἴρομαι (eíromai), ἐρωτάω (erōtáō), and ἐρέω (eréō). Possibly related to Old Armenian որոնեմ (oronem, “to seek, search for”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /e.re.ěː.nɔː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /e.reˈi.no/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /e.reˈi.no/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /e.reˈi.no/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /e.reˈi.no/
Verb
[edit]ἐρεείνω • (ereeínō)
- to ask (request an answer)
Conjugation
[edit] Present: ἐρεείνω, ἐρεείνομαι
Imperfect: ἐρέεινον, ἐρεεινόμην
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | ἐρέεινον | ἐρέεινες | ἐρέεινε(ν) | ἐρεείνετον | ἐρεεινέτην | ἐρεείνομεν | ἐρεείνετε | ἐρέεινον | ||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | ἐρεεινόμην | ἐρεείνου | ἐρεείνετο | ἐρεείνεσθον | ἐρεεινέσθην | ἐρεεινόμεθᾰ | ἐρεείνεσθε | ἐρεείνοντο | ||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Further reading
[edit]- “ἐρεείνω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἐρεείνω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἐρεείνω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “ἐρεείνω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press