ἐρεείνω
Ancient Greek
Etymology
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
- (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
ἐρεείνω • (ereeínō)
- to ask (request an answer)
Conjugation
Present: ἐρεείνω, ἐρεείνομαι
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | ἐρεείνω | ἐρεείνεις | ἐρεείνει | ἐρεείνετον | ἐρεείνετον | ἐρεείνομεν | ἐρεείνετε | ἐρεείνουσῐ(ν) | ||||
| subjunctive | ἐρεείνω | ἐρεείνῃς | ἐρεείνῃ | ἐρεείνητον | ἐρεείνητον | ἐρεείνωμεν | ἐρεείνητε | ἐρεείνωσῐ(ν) | |||||
| optative | ἐρεείνοιμῐ | ἐρεείνοις | ἐρεείνοι | ἐρεείνοιτον | ἐρεεινοίτην | ἐρεείνοιμεν | ἐρεείνοιτε | ἐρεείνοιεν | |||||
| imperative | ἐρέεινε | ἐρεεινέτω | ἐρεείνετον | ἐρεεινέτων | ἐρεείνετε | ἐρεεινόντων | |||||||
| middle/ passive |
indicative | ἐρεείνομαι | ἐρεείνῃ / ἐρεείνει | ἐρεείνεται | ἐρεείνεσθον | ἐρεείνεσθον | ἐρεεινόμεθᾰ | ἐρεείνεσθε | ἐρεείνονται | ||||
| subjunctive | ἐρεείνωμαι | ἐρεείνῃ | ἐρεείνηται | ἐρεείνησθον | ἐρεείνησθον | ἐρεεινώμεθᾰ | ἐρεείνησθε | ἐρεείνωνται | |||||
| optative | ἐρεεινοίμην | ἐρεείνοιο | ἐρεείνοιτο | ἐρεείνοισθον | ἐρεεινοίσθην | ἐρεεινοίμεθᾰ | ἐρεείνοισθε | ἐρεείνοιντο | |||||
| imperative | ἐρεείνου | ἐρεεινέσθω | ἐρεείνεσθον | ἐρεεινέσθων | ἐρεείνεσθε | ἐρεεινέσθων | |||||||
| active | middle/passive | ||||||||||||
| infinitive | ἐρεείνειν | ἐρεείνεσθαι | |||||||||||
| participle | m | ἐρεείνων | ἐρεεινόμενος | ||||||||||
| f | ἐρεείνουσᾰ | ἐρεεινομένη | |||||||||||
| n | ἐρεεῖνον | ἐρεεινόμενον | |||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Imperfect: ἐρέεινον, ἐρεεινόμην
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
- “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