895e

διαιρ-έω,

A take apart, cleave in twain, divide,

διὰ δ' ἀμφοτέρους ἕλε κύκλους ἀσπίδος Il. 20.280

;

παῖδα κατὰ μέλεα διελών Hdt.1.119

; δ. λαγόν cut it open, ib. 123; δ. πυλίδα break it open, Th.4.110, 6.51;

δ. τὴν ὀροφήν

tear away, pull down,

Id.4.48

;

τοὺς σταυρούς X.An.5.2.21

; δ. τοῦ τείχους take down part of the wall, make a breach in it, Th.2.75; τὸ διῃρημένον the breach, ib.76,5.3; διῃρημένοι τὸ ὑπόζωμα, of insects, Arist. HA 556a18;

διαιρουμένος τὴν καρδίαν Phld.Sign.1

.

II divide, δύο μοίρας Λυδῶν the Lydians into two parts, Hdt.1.94, cf. 4.148;

δύο μερίδας D.48.12

;

δ. τριχῇ ψυχήν Pl.Phdr. 253c

;

δ. εἰς τὸ ἐλάχιστον Arist.Sens. 440b5

;

εἰς ὁμοιομερῆ Id.HA 486a5

([voice] Pass.):—[voice] Med., divide for themselves, κατ' ὀλίγας ναῦς διελόμενοι distributing their ships in small divisions, Th.4.11; τοῖς δικάζουσι δ. τὰ ὦτα lending an ear to both parties, Lib.Or.52.4; divide among themselves,

τιμάς Hes.Th. 112

;

τὴν ληΐην Hdt.9.85

;

κατὰ πόλεις τὸ ἔργον Th.7.19

;

τἀδικήματα D.45.38

: abs.,

δ. κατὰ πόλεις Th.5.114

:—[voice] Pass., διῃρημένοι κατ' ἀναπαύλας divided into relays, Id.2.75; διαιρήσομαι as [tense] fut. [voice] Pass., Pl.Plt. 261c;

διῄρητο τὰ τῶν Ἑλλήνων εἰς δύο D.10.51

.

2 break up, opp. συντιθέναι, Pl.Phd. 78c, etc.

3 dispense,

φάρμακον Plu.2.73b

.

III distinguish,

τυραννίδος εἴδη δύο διείλομεν Arist. Pol. 1295a8

, etc.;

δ. πότερα.. X.Oec.7.26

: abs., Ar.Nu. 742:—[voice] Med., Pl.Tht. 182c;

δ. τοὺς ἀμείνους καὶ τοὺς χείρονας Id.Lg. 950c

;

δ. περί τινος Id.Chrm. 163d

.

2 determine, decide,

διαφορὰς διαιρέοντες Hdt.4.23

;

δίκας A.Eu. 472

; τοῦτο πρᾶγμα ib. 488; ψήφῳ δ. τοῦδε πράγματος πέρι ib. 630;

τὰ ἀμφίλογα X.Vect.3.3

, cf. Pl.R. 571a, Prt. 314b, al.;

κλήρῳ δ. τὸν νικῶντα Id.Lg. 946b

;

δ. περί τινος Arist.Ph. 239b13

, etc.; διαιρείσθω πόσα εἴδη, etc., Id.Pol. 1300b18, etc.: abs., Ar. Ra. 1100; also

δ. εἴτε E.Ba. 206

codd.

3 define expressly, Hdt.7.16.γ and 103:—[voice] Med., c. acc. et inf., Id.7.47.

4 [voice] Med., interpret, τέρας, δημεῖον, D.H.4.60, 9.6.

IV in Logic, divide,

δ. κατ' εἴδη τὰ ὄντα Pl.Phdr. 273e

; divide a genus into its species, Arist.APo. 96b15, al.:—[voice] Med., Id.PA 642b5.

V Math., divide, Pl.Lg. 895e ([voice] Pass.); διελόντι, dividendo, Archim.Sph.Cyl.1.6, al.

VI divide words, punctuate in reading, Isoc.12.17, Arist.Rh. 1401a24 ([voice] Pass.); Gramm., resolve a diphthong or contracted form,

διῃρῆσθαι Ἰακῶς A.D.Pron.38.17

, cf. Corn.ND5, Hdn.Philet.p.456P. ([voice] Pass.).

VII allocate revenues, OGI573.24 ([place name] Cilicia).

ἐρωτ-άω, [dialect] Ep. and [dialect] Ion. εἰρωτάω, [var] contr. in Hom. and best codd. of Hdt., as 3.119,4.145,al.: [tense] impf.

A

ἠρώτων Hp.Epid.7.3

, ([etym.] ἐπ-) Th.7.10, etc. ;

εἰρώτα Od.15.423

; [dialect] Ion.

εἰρώτευν Hdt.1.158

, part. - τεῦντας v.l. in 3.62 (elsewh.

εἰρώτων 3.140

): [tense] fut.

- ήσω Hp.VM15

, Pl.R. 350e, etc.: [tense] aor. I

ἠρώτησα X.Cyr.4.5.21

, S.Tr. 403, etc.: [tense] pf.

ἠρώτηκα Pl.Phlb. 18a

:—used in [dialect] Att. to supply the defective tenses of ἔρομαι:—ask, τινά τι something of one,

ἅ μ' εἰρωτᾷς Od.4.347

;

εἰρωτᾷς μ' ὄνομα κλυτόν 9.364

;

ὅσ' ἄν σ' ἐρωτῶ S.OT 1122

;

οὐ τοῦτ' ἐρωτῶ σ' Ar.Nu. 641

:—[voice] Pass., to be asked, τι Pl.Lg. 895e, X.Cyr.1.4.3.

2 ἐ. τι ask about a thing, A.Pr. 228, Pl.R. 508a ;

τιπερί τινος Id.Tht. 185c

; ἐ. ἐρώτημα to ask a question, Id.R. 487e ; τὰς πύστεις ἐρωτῶντες εἰ.. putting the question, whether.., Th.1.5:—[voice] Pass., τὸ ἐρωτηθέν, τὸ ἐρωτώμενον ἀποκρίνασθαι, to answer the question, Th.3.61, X.Mem.4.2.23, etc. ;

τὰ ἔμπροσθεν ἠρωτημένα Pl.Lg. 662e

:—[voice] Pass., also with person as subject, ἐρωτηθεὶς τὸ καλόν asked about beauty, Id.Hp.Ma. 289c.

3 folld. by indirect question,

εἰρώτα..τίς εἴη καὶ πόθεν ἔλθοι Od.15.423

; ἐ. εἰ.. or ἤν.. to ask whether.., Hp.Steril.230, cf. Th.8.53 ;

ἐ. ἦ.. A. Th. 181

;

αἰτίαν καθ' ἥντινα Id.Pr. 228

;

πότεροι.. Ar.Ach. 648

;

τοῦτο πρῶτον ἠρώτα, πότερον.. X.An.3.1.7

;

ἐ. πῶς δεῖ ποιεῖν Id.Mem.1.3.1

.

II question a person,

εἰρωτᾷς μ' ἐλθόντα θεὰ θεόν Od.5.97

;

ἐ. καὶ ἐλέγχειν Antipho 6.23

;

τινα ἀμφί τινος E. Ion 236

(lyr.):— [voice] Pass., to be questioned,

ἐρωτᾶσθαι θέλω Id.IA 1130

.

b of sentries, challenge, Aen.Tact.22.12 ; τὸ ἐρωτώμενον the password, Id.26.9.

2 in Dialectic, opp. demonstration, question an opponent in order to refute him from his answers, Arist.APr. 24a24 ; τι ib. 42a39 ; hence later, submit, set forth, propound an argument,

λόγον Gal.5.257

:—[voice] Pass.,

ὁ λόγος..ἠρωτῆσθαι φαίνεται Arr.Epict.2.19.1

;

ἐρωτηθέντος τοῦ σοφίσματος S.E.P.2.237

.

III later, = αἰτέω, beg, entreat,

ἐ. τινὰ τὰ εἰς εἰρήνην LXX

IKi.30.21, al. ; ἐρωτᾶτε τὰ εἰς εἰρήνην τὴν Ἱερουσαλήμ ib.Ps.121(122).6 ;

ἅ σε ἐρωτῶ PMag.Par.1.272

;

ἐ. τινὰ ποιεῖν τι POxy.292.7

(i A.D.), Ev.Luc.8.37, etc. ; ἐ. τινὰ ἵνα.. ib.7.36 ; ὅπως.. ib.7.3, al., PMag.Leid.W.16.13 ;

ἐ. τὸν πατέρα περὶ ὑμῶν Ev.Jo.16.26

. (Perh. from ἐρ (ϝ) ωτάω, cogn. with ἐρ (ϝ) έσθαι (v. ἔρομαι).)

ἑκᾰτέρ-ως, Adv.

A in either way, Pl.Lg. 895e, Ph.1.316 ; in both languages, i.e. Greek and Latin, Inscr.Prien.105.30 (i B.C.).

ἐρωτάω fut. ἐρωτήσω; 1 aor. ἠρώτησα; 2 aor. ἠρόμην, fr. ἔρομαι, s. Schwyzer I 746, 7 (Just., D. 3, 5; Ath. 35, 1). Pass.: 1 aor. 3 sg. ἠρωτήθη 2 Km 20:18, inf. ἐρωτηθήναι (TestAbr B 4 p. 108, 22 [Stone p. 64]), ptc. ἐρωτηθείς (TestSol 11, 1 C); pf. ptc. ἠρωτημένος 2 Km 20:18.

① to put a query to someone, ask, ask a question (Hom.+) abs. (Da 2:10; 1 Macc 10:72) Lk 22:68. τινά someone (Lucian, D. Deor. 7, 1; Gen 24:47; 40:7; Ex 13:14 al.; En 22:6; TestSol 7:4 al.; TestJob 47:5; Just., D. 3, 5) J 1:25; 8:7; 9:21; 16:19, 30 al. τινά τι someone about someth. (X., Mem. 3, 7, 2, Cyr. 3, 3, 48; Job 21:29; TestSol 3:6 D; Jos., Ant. 6, 48; Just., D. 68, 4) ὑμᾶς λόγον ἕνα ask you one question Mt 21:24=Lk 20:3 (cp. Pla., Leg. 10, 895e; Jer 45:14; ApcSed 8:5 al.; TestJob 36:5); αὐτὸν τὰς παραβολάς ask him about the parables Mk 4:10. Certainly J 16:23 belongs here too. τινὰ περί τινος someone about someth. (2 Esdr 11:2; Is 45:11; Just., D. 94, 4) Mt 19:17; Lk 9:45; J 18:19. W. τινά and direct question (X., An. 1, 6, 7; TestSol 15:2 al.; TestAbr A 10 p. 87, 30 [Stone p. 22]; GrBar 9:5 al.; Just., D. 99, 3) Mk 8:5; Lk 19:31; J 1:19, 21; 5:12; 16:5; the direct quest. introduced by λέγων or λέγοντες (En 23:3; TestSol 7:3 al.; TestJob 44:4; ParJer 2:4) Mt 16:13; J 9:2, 19. W. τινά and indir. quest. foll. (X., Cyr. 8, 5, 19; Just., A I, 17, 2, D. 64, 3) 9:15. Cp. Lk 23:6 P⁷⁵ (s. ed. note and s.v. ἐπερωτάω 1a; ἐρωτ. εἰ also Thu. 1, 5, 2).

② to ask for someth., ask, request (Babrius 42, 3; 97, 3; Apollon. Dysc., Synt. 3, 167 Uhlig ἐρωτῶ σε νῦν ἐν ἴσῳ τῷ παρακαλῶ σε, λιτανεύω, ἱκνοῦμαι; SIG 705, 56 [112 B.C.]; 741, 5 [after 88 B.C.]; POxy 744, 6; 13 [1 B.C.]; 292, 7 [c. 25 A.D.]; 110; 111; 113; 269; 745; 746 al.; Jer 44:17; Jos., Ant. 7, 164; TestSim 4:1.—Dssm., B 30; 31; 45, NB 23f [BS 195f; 290f]) τὶ for someth. Lk 14:32 (s. εἰρήνη 1 a). περί τινος for someth. Hv 3, 1, 6b (w. ἵνα foll.). τὶ περί τινος for someth. concerning a thing 3, 1, 6a. W. acc. of pers.: τινά someone J 14:16 (Field, Notes 101f). τ. κύριον Hv 2, 2, 1 (Jos., Ant. 5, 42 ἐ. τ. θεόν; SibOr 2, 309). Foll. by λέγων, which introduces the request in direct discourse Mt 15:23; Lk 7:4 v.l.; J 4:31; 12:21. W. impv. foll. (BGU 423, 11 ἐρωτῶ σε οὖν, γράψον μοι ἐπιστόλιον; POxy 745, 7; 746, 5) Lk 14:18f; Phil 4:3. τινὰ περί τινος beseech someone on someone’s behalf (JosAs 15:7 περὶ τῶν μετανοούντων ἐρωτᾷ αὐτόν [about the topic Μετάνοια]) Lk 4:38; J 16:26; 17:9, 20; concerning someth. 1J 5:16, sim. ὑπέρ τινος 2 Th 2:1 (on the interchange of περί and ὑπέρ s. B-D-F §229, 1; 231; Rob. 629; 632). τινὰ κατὰ τοῦ κυρίου beseech someone by the Lord Hv 3, 2, 3 (B-D-F §225). W. ἵνα foll. (POxy 744, 13 [1 B.C.]) Mk 7:26; Lk 7:36; 16:27; J 4:47; 17:15; 19:31, 38; 2J 5. W. ὅπως foll. (SIG 741, 5 [after 88 B.C.]; PTebt 409, 4; 6; En 13:4) Lk 7:3; 11:37; Ac 23:20. W. inf. foll. (Chariton 8, 7, 3; PTebt 410, 11; PRyl 229, 8 [38 A.D.]; POxy 292, 7 [c. 25 A.D.]; Jos., Ant. 6, 328) Lk 5:3; 8:37; J 4:40; Ac 3:3; 10:48; 16:39; 18:20; 1 Th 5:12. Foll. by εἰς and subst. inf. 2 Th 2:1.—ἐ. and παρακαλέω together (POxy 744, 6; 294, 28 [22 A.D.]. S. the quot. fr. Apollon. Dysc., above) 1 Th 4:1.— Urge w. inf., impv. et al. B 4:6; 21:2, 4, 7.—B. 1264; 1271. DELG s.v. ἐρέω. M-M. TW.