ἔρως
Third declension Noun; Masculine
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
ἔρως
ἔρωτος
Structure:
ἐρωτ
(Stem)
+
ς
(Ending)
Sense
- love, desire (usually of a romantic/sexual nature)
- the object of such love/desire
- passionate joy
- a funeral wreath at Nicaea
Declension
Third declension
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.
- καὶ ἐνετείλατο τῷ πρώτῳ, λέγων. ἐάν σοι συναντήσῃ Ἡσαῦ ὁ ἀδελφόσ μου καὶ ἐρωτᾷ σε, λέγων. τίνοσ εἶ καὶ ποῦ πορεύῃ, καὶ τίνοσ ταῦτα τὰ προπορευόμενά σου̣ (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 32:17)
- ἵνα ὑπάρχωσιν ὑμῖν οὗτοι εἰσ σημεῖον κείμενον διαπαντόσ, ἵνα ὅταν ἐρωτᾷ σε ὁ υἱόσ σου αὔριον λέγων, τί εἰσιν οἱ λίθοι οὗτοι ἡμῖν̣ (Septuagint, Liber Iosue 4:6)
- πάντα γὰρ ἔνεστί σοι ‐ τὸν ἔρωτα, τὸ κάλλοσ, τὸν γάμον ‐ τουτουὶ τοῦ μήλου πρίασθαι. (Lucian, Dearum judicium, (no name) 16:3)
- καὶ τὸν Ἔρωτα καὶ τὸν Ἵμερον καὶ τὰσ Χάριτασ ἄξεισ; (Lucian, Dearum judicium, (no name) 16:10)
- τάχα δὲ καὶ Πασιφάη, παρὰ Δαιδάλου ἀκούσασα ταύρου τε πέρι τοῦ ἐν τοῖσ ἄστροισι φαινομένου καὶ αὐτῆσ ἀστρολογίησ, ἐσ ἔρωτα τοῦ λόγου ἀπίκετο, ἔνθεν νομίζουσιν ὅτι Δαίδαλόσ μιν τῷ ταύρῳ ἐνύμφευσεν. (Lucian, De astrologia, (no name) 16:1)
Synonyms
-
love
-
the object of such love
