ἐρώτημα
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Ancient Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]ἐρωτᾰ́ω (erōtắō, “ask”) + -μᾰ (-mă, nominal suffix)
Noun
[edit]ἐρώτημᾰ • (erṓtēmă) n (genitive ἐρωτήμᾰτος); third declension
- question, something asked, or specifically:
- (philosophy) a question inviting a determined conclusion, a leading question
- (philosophy, Stoicism) a yes-no question
Declension
[edit]Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ ἐρώτημᾰ tò erṓtēmă |
τὼ ἐρωτήμᾰτε tṑ erōtḗmăte |
τᾰ̀ ἐρωτήμᾰτᾰ tằ erōtḗmătă | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ἐρωτήμᾰτος toû erōtḗmătos |
τοῖν ἐρωτημᾰ́τοιν toîn erōtēmắtoin |
τῶν ἐρωτημᾰ́των tôn erōtēmắtōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ἐρωτήμᾰτῐ tôi erōtḗmătĭ |
τοῖν ἐρωτημᾰ́τοιν toîn erōtēmắtoin |
τοῖς ἐρωτήμᾰσῐ / ἐρωτήμᾰσῐν toîs erōtḗmăsĭ(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ ἐρώτημᾰ tò erṓtēmă |
τὼ ἐρωτήμᾰτε tṑ erōtḗmăte |
τᾰ̀ ἐρωτήμᾰτᾰ tằ erōtḗmătă | ||||||||||
Vocative | ἐρώτημᾰ erṓtēmă |
ἐρωτήμᾰτε erōtḗmăte |
ἐρωτήμᾰτᾰ erōtḗmătă | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
[edit]- ἐρωτηματικός (erōtēmatikós)
- ἐρωτηματίζω (erōtēmatízō)
Related terms
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[edit]References
[edit]- “ἐρώτημα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἐρώτημα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἐρώτημα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette