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ἔρος

Third declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἔρος

Structure: ἐρο (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: εἶρος의 이오니아 형태

Sense

  1. wool

Declension

Third declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἔρος έ̓́ρει έ̓́ρη
Genitive έ̓́ρους έ̓́ροιν ἔρέων
Dative έ̓́ρει έ̓́ροιν έ̓́ρεσιν*
Accusative ἔρος έ̓́ρει έ̓́ρη
Vocative έ̓ρος έ̓́ρει έ̓́ρη

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ἦ τοι μὲν πρώτιστα Χάοσ γένετ’, αὐτὰρ ἔπειτα Γαῖ’ εὐρύστερνοσ, πάντων ἕδοσ ἀσφαλὲσ αἰεὶ ἀθανάτων, οἳ ἔχουσι κάρη νιφόεντοσ Ὀλύμπου, Τάρταρά τ’ ἠερόεντα μυχῷ χθονὸσ εὐρυοδείησ, ἠδ’ Ἔροσ, ὃσ κάλλιστοσ ἐν ἀθανάτοισι θεοῖσι, λυσιμελήσ, πάντων δὲ θεῶν πάντων τ’ ἀνθρώπων δάμναται ἐν στήθεσσι νόον καὶ ἐπίφρονα βουλήν. (Hesiod, Theogony, Book Th. 13:1)
  • τῇ δ’ Ἔροσ ὡμάρτησε καὶ Ἵμεροσ ἕσπετο καλὸσ γεινομένῃ τὰ πρῶτα θεῶν τ’ ἐσ φῦλον ἰούσῃ. (Hesiod, Theogony, Book Th. 22:14)
  • τῶν καὶ ἀπὸ βλεφάρων ἔροσ εἴβετο δερκομενάων λυσιμελήσ· (Hesiod, Theogony, Book Th. 86:2)
  • "ἐγὼ δὲ φίλημμ’ ἁβροσύναν, τοῦτο,2 καί μοι τὸ λαμπρὸν ἔροσ τὠελίω καὶ τὸ καλὸν λέλογχε· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 15, book 15, chapter 34 3:5)
  • εροσ τοῖσ διώκουσιν, ὁ δ’ ἕτεροσ τοῖσ φεύγουσιν. (Aristotle, Athenian Constitution, work Ath. Pol., chapter 67 4:144)

Synonyms

  1. wool

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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