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 στέφοσ ἀσκήσασα γαμήλιον ἤλυθε Πειθώ, τοξευτῆροσ Ἔρωτοσ ἐλαφρίζουσα φαρέτρην. (Colluthus, Rape of Helen, book 113)
- ἐπεὶ γὰρ ἀπέθανεν Ἡφαιστίων, ὑπὸ τοῦ ἔρωτοσ Ἀλέξανδροσ ἐβουλήθη προσθεῖναι καὶ τοῦτο τῇ λοιπῇ μεγαλουργίᾳ καὶ θεὸν χειροτονῆσαι τὸν τετελευτηκότα. (Lucian, Calumniae non temere credundum, (no name) 17:2)
- καίτοι Σωκράτει μὲν ἀπέχρησε πλάτανοσ εὐφυὴσ καὶ πόα εὐθαλὴσ καὶ πηγὴ διαυγὴσ μικρὸν ἀπὸ τοῦ Ἰλισσοῦ, κἀνταῦθα καθεζόμενοσ Φαίδρου τε τοῦ Μυρρινουσίου κατειρωνεύετο καὶ τὸν Λυσίου τοῦ Κεφάλου λόγον διήλεγχε καὶ τὰσ Μούσασ ἐκάλει, καὶ ἐπίστευεν ἥξειν αὐτὰσ ἐπὶ τὴν ἐρημίαν συλληψομένασ τῶν περὶ τοῦ ἔρωτοσ λόγων, καὶ οὐκ ᾐσχύνετο γέρων ἄνθρωποσ παρακαλῶν παρθένουσ συνᾳσομένασ τὰ παιδεραστικά. (Lucian, De Domo, (no name) 4:6)
- ἀλλ’ ὅ γε Δημῶναξ οὐχ ὑπὸ τούτων τινόσ, ὡσ ἔφην, παρακληθείσ, ἀλλ’ ὑπ’ οἰκείασ πρὸσ τὰ καλὰ ὁρμῆσ καὶ ἐμφύτου πρὸσ φιλοσοφίαν ἔρωτοσ ἐκ παίδων εὐθὺσ κεκινημένοσ ὑπερεῖδεν. (Lucian, (no name) 3:3)
- ἐκεῖνο δὲ ἀπορῆσαι ἄξιον, τί δήποτε προειπὼν ὑπὲρ σαυτοῦ, ὡσ διὰ τοῦτο λάβοισ τὴν θεσπέσιον ἐκείνην ᾠδὴν παρὰ τῶν θεῶν, ὅπωσ κλείοισ καὶ ὑμνοίησ τὰ παρεληλυθότα καὶ θεσπίζοισ τὰ ἐσόμενα, θάτερον μὲν καὶ πάνυ ἐντελῶσ ἐξενήνοχασ θεῶν τε γενέσεισ διηγούμενοσ ἄχρι καὶ τῶν πρώτων ἐκείνων, χάουσ καὶ γῆσ καὶ οὐρανοῦ καὶ ἔρωτοσ, ἔτι δὲ γυναικῶν ἀρετὰσ καὶ παραινέσεισ γεωργικάσ, καὶ ὅσα περὶ Πλειάδων καὶ ὅσα περὶ καιρῶν ἀρότου καὶ ἀμήτου καὶ πλοῦ καὶ ὅλωσ τῶν ἄλλων ἁπάντων· (Lucian, 1:2)
Synonyms
-
love
-
the object of such love
