αἰτέω

αἰτέω, -ῶ,

[in LXX chiefly for שׁאל ;]

to ask, request: absol., Matt 7,7, Jak 1,6; with accusative of person(s), Matt 5,42, Luk 6,30; with accusative of thing(s), before ἀπό, Matt 20,20, 1 Joh 5,15; id. before παρά, ApG 3,2, Jak 1,5; with dupl. accusative Matt 7,9, Mark 6,22, Joh 16,23. Mid. (on the distinction bet. mid. and act., see M, Pr., 160): absol., Mark 15,8, Joh 16,26, Jak 4,3; with accusative of thing(s), Matt 14,7, Mark 6,24, al.; with accusative of person(s), Matt 27,20, Luk 23,25; with accusative of thing(s), before παρά, ApG 9,2 with accusative and inf., Luk 23,23, with inf. ApG 7,46, Ef 3,13 (cf. ἀπ-, ἐξ-, ἐπ-, παρ-, προσ- αιτέω).

SYN.: ἐρωτάω, which see, πυνθάνομαι. On the proper distinction between these words, see Tr., Syn., § xl, Thayer, see word αἰ. In late Gk., however, αἰ. and ἐ. seem to have become practically synonymous (cf. ApG 3,2,3; see Field, Notes, 101 f.; M, Th., I, 4:1; M, Pr., 66.n; MM, VGT, see word).