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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

  • δεινήν τινα λέγεισ τῶν ἀνθρώπων τὴν ἀβελτερίαν, οἳ τοσοῦτον ἔρωτα ἐρῶσιν ὠχροῦ καὶ βαρέοσ κτήματοσ. (Lucian, Contemplantes, (no name) 11:12)
  • ’ οὐκοῦν ἀνάγκη πρῶτον εἰπεῖν ὅτι φιλοσοφίασ μὲν οὐδέποτε ἠράσθη παράσιτοσ, παρασιτικῆσ δὲ πάμπολλοι ἐπιθυμήσαντεσ μνημονεύονται φιλόσοφοι, καὶ μέχρι γε νῦν ἐρῶσιν. (Lucian, De parasito sive artem esse parasiticam, (no name) 31:3)
  • τὸ δὲ μέγιστον, ἤδη καὶ ἐρῶσιν αὐτοῦ αἱ γυναῖκεσ, ὁ δὲ θρύπτεται πρὸσ αὐτὰσ καὶ ὑπερορᾷ καὶ τὰσ μὲν προσίεται καὶ ἵλεώσ ἐστιν, αἱ δὲ ἀπειλοῦσιν ἀναρτήσειν αὑτὰσ ἀμελούμεναι. (Lucian, Gallus, (no name) 14:14)
  • οὐ γὰρ οὕτω τοῦ πλουτεῖν ἐρῶσιν ὡσ . (Lucian, Nigrinus, Nigrinou Fiaosofia 23:4)
  • καὶ γὰρ τούτου σφόδρ’ ἐρῶσιν. (Aristophanes, Birds, Agon, antepirrheme 1:2)

Synonyms

  1. love

  2. the object of such love

Related

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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