ἐρώτημα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

ἐρωτᾰ́ω (erōtáō, “ask”) +‎ -μᾰ (-ma, nominal suffix)

Noun

ἐρώτημᾰ • (erṓtēma) n (genitive ἐρωτήμᾰτος); third declension

1. question, something asked, or specifically:
   1. (philosophy) a question inviting a determined conclusion, a leading question
   2. (philosophy, Stoicism) a yes-no question

Declension

Third declension of τὸ ἐρώτημᾰ; τοῦ ἐρωτήμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἐρώτημᾰ tò erṓtēma	τὼ ἐρωτήμᾰτε tṑ erōtḗmate	τᾰ̀ ἐρωτήμᾰτᾰ tà erōtḗmata
Genitive	τοῦ ἐρωτήμᾰτος toû erōtḗmatos	τοῖν ἐρωτημᾰ́τοιν toîn erōtēmátoin	τῶν ἐρωτημᾰ́των tôn erōtēmátōn
Dative	τῷ ἐρωτήμᾰτῐ tôi erōtḗmati	τοῖν ἐρωτημᾰ́τοιν toîn erōtēmátoin	τοῖς ἐρωτήμᾰσῐ / ἐρωτήμᾰσῐν toîs erōtḗmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ ἐρώτημᾰ tò erṓtēma	τὼ ἐρωτήμᾰτε tṑ erōtḗmate	τᾰ̀ ἐρωτήμᾰτᾰ tà erōtḗmata
Vocative	ἐρώτημᾰ erṓtēma	ἐρωτήμᾰτε erōtḗmate	ἐρωτήμᾰτᾰ erōtḗmata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἐρωτηματικός (erōtēmatikós)
• ἐρωτηματίζω (erōtēmatízō)

Related terms

• ἐπερώτημα (eperṓtēma)
• ἐρώτησις (erṓtēsis)

Descendants

• Greek: ερώτημα (erótima)
• → Late Latin: erōtēma
  • → English: erotema

References

• “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