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ἔρως

Third declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἔρως ἔρωτος

Structure: ἐρωτ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: e)/ramai

Sense

  1. love, desire (usually of a romantic/sexual nature)
  2. the object of such love/desire
  3. passionate joy
  4. a funeral wreath at Nicaea

Declension

Third declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἔρως έ̓ρωτε έ̓ρωτες
Genitive έ̓ρωτος ἐρώτοιν ἐρώτων
Dative έ̓ρωτι ἐρώτοιν έ̓ρωσιν*
Accusative έ̓ρωτα έ̓ρωτε έ̓ρωτας
Vocative έ̓ρω έ̓ρωτε έ̓ρωτες

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

  • εἶπε δὲ Ἰωσὴφ πρὸσ τοὺσ ἀδελφοὺσ αὐτοῦ. ἀναβὰσ ἀπαγγελῶ τῷ Φαραὼ καὶ ἐρῶ αὐτῷ. οἱ ἀδελφοί μου καὶ ὁ οἶκοσ τοῦ πατρόσ μου, οἳ ἦσαν ἐν γῇ Χαναάν, ἥκασι πρόσ με. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 46:31)
  • καὶ εἶπε Μωυσῆσ πρὸσ τὸν Θεόν. ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ ἐξελεύσομαι πρὸσ τοὺσ υἱοὺσ Ἰσραήλ, καὶ ἐρῶ πρὸσ αὐτούσ. ὁ Θεὸσ τῶν πατέρων ἡμῶν ἀπέσταλκέ με πρὸσ ὑμᾶσ. ἐρωτήσουσί με. τί ὄνομα αὐτῷ̣ τί ἐρῶ πρὸσ αὐτούσ̣ (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 3:13)
  • ΑΠΕΚΡΙΘΗ δὲ Μωυσῆσ καὶ εἶπεν. ἐὰν μὴ πιστεύσωσί μοι, μηδὲ εἰσακούσωσι τῆσ φωνῆσ μου, ἐροῦσι γάρ, ὅτι οὐκ ὦπταί σοι ὁ Θεόσ, τί ἐρῶ πρὸσ αὐτούσ̣ (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 4:1)
  • ἐάν μοι δῷ Βαλὰκ πλήρη τὸν οἶκον αὐτοῦ ἀργυρίου καὶ χρυσίου, οὐ δυνήσομαι παραβῆναι τὸ ρῆμα Κυρίου ποιῆσαι αὐτὸ καλὸν ἢ πονηρὸν παρ’ ἐμαυτοῦ. ὅσα ἐὰν εἴπῃ ὁ Θεόσ, ταῦτα ἐρῶ. (Septuagint, Liber Numeri 24:13)

Synonyms

  1. love

  2. the object of such love

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