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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

  • ἐλθὲ καὶ ἀπολαύσωμεν φιλίασ ἕωσ ὄρθρου, δεῦρο καὶ ἐγκυλισθῶμεν ἔρωτι. (Septuagint, Liber Proverbiorum 7:18)
  • μᾶλλον δὲ πολὺ μετριώτεροσ ἐκεῖνοσ, ἔρωτι μὲν ἁλούσ, ὡσ ἔφασκεν ἀπολογούμενοσ, ἑκὼν δὲ μάλα εὐψύχωσ ἐσ τὸ πῦρ ἁλλόμενοσ, καίτοι ἐλεούντων αὐτὸν ἤδη Κροτωνιατῶν καὶ ἐνδιδόντων φυγεῖν, εἰ βούλοιτο. (Lucian, Apologia 11:3)
  • ἱμείρων δ’ ὑπ’ ἔρωτι καὶ ἣν οὐκ εἶδε διώκων, Δύσπαρισ ἀθροίσασ ἐπὶ δάσκιον ἤγαγεν ὕλην ἀνέρασ ἐργοπόνοιο δαήμονασ Ἀτρυτώνησ. (Colluthus, Rape of Helen, book 1103)
  • τοσούτῳ ἄρα τῷ ἔρωτι τῆσ δόξησ εἴχετο. (Lucian, De morte Peregrini, (no name) 1:3)
  • Ἀλλ̓ ἄπιθι μὲν καὶ εὐτύχει ἐν τῷ ἔρωτι· (Lucian, Dialogi Marini, poseidon and alpheios, chapter 2 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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