- ἐρευνάω
- ἐρευνάωGrammatical information: v.Meaning: `search for, after, inquire' (Il.; on the aspect Brunel Aspect verbal 148); hell. (LXX, pap., NT etc.) also ἐραυνάω with ευ \> αυ (vgl. Schwyzer 126 and 198).Other forms: Aor. ἐρευνῆσαι,Compounds: also with prefix ἀν-, δι-, ἐξ-, κατ- a. o.,Derivatives: (δι-)ἐρευνητής `inquirer' (X.) with ἐρευνήτριᾰ f. (Corn.), (δι-)ἐρεύνησις `inquiry' (Str.), (δι-, ἐξ-)ἐρευνητικός (Str.). Also the backformation ἔρευνα f., late also ἔραυνα (cf. above) `id.' (S., E., Arist.).Origin: IE [Indo-European] [337] *h₁reu- `search, inquire'Etymology: Like ἐρεείνω (s. v.) ἐρευνάω too is derived from a verb εἴρομαι, ἐρέ(Ϝ)-ω `ask' through a noun *ἐρεϜ-(ε)ν- (Schwyzer 680), like the verbs in -νάω. A transformation of this noun is OWNo. raun f. `attempt, test, inquiry', IE *h₁rou-n-ā. - Further s. εἴρομαι; s. also ἐρωτάω.Page in Frisk: 1,555-556
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.