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.
- πασάων δ’ ἅτε Κύπρισ ἀρειοτέρη γεγαυῖα μῆλον ἔχειν ἐπόθησεν, ὅτι κτέρασ ἐστὶν Ἐρώτων· (Colluthus, Rape of Helen, book 130)
- ἡ δὲ διακρινθεῖσα φέρειν περίπυστον ὀπώρην κάρτοσ ἀρειοτέρησ ἐχέτω καὶ κόσμον Ἐρώτων. (Colluthus, Rape of Helen, book 135)
- ἀλλὰ τί δειμαίνω περιώσιον ἀντὶ μὲν αἰχμῆσ ὡσ θοὸν ἔγχοσ ἔχουσα μελίφρονα δεσμὸν ἐρώτων; (Colluthus, Rape of Helen, book 149)
- χειρὶ δ’ ἐλαφρίζουσα μελίφρονα δεσμὸν ἐρώτων στῆθοσ ἅπαν γύμνωσε καὶ οὐκ ἐμνήσατο μαζῶν. (Colluthus, Rape of Helen, book 184)
- ]νέοσ χρ]υσέα[ν προσ]θέντα ϝιόπλοκον εὖ εἰπεῖν [κόραν, καὶ μ]ατ[έρ’ ἀγ]νάμπτων ἐρώτων κλε]ινὰν βροτο[ῖσ ]λέων νασι]ώταν ]ν ὕμνον, ] καὶ ἀποφθιμένῳ τὸν πάντ’ ἐσ ἄτ]ρυτον χρόνον, καὶ τοῖσ ἐπιγ]ιγνομένοισ αἰεὶ πιφαύσκοι σὰν Νε]μέᾳ νίκαν· (Bacchylides, , epinicians, ode 9 9:1)
- οἱ δὲ εἶπαν. ἐρωτῶν ἐπηρώτησεν ἡμᾶσ ὁ ἄνθρωποσ καὶ τὴν γενεὰν ἡμῶν λέγων. εἰ ἔτι ὁ πατὴρ ὑμῶν ζῇ καὶ εἰ ἔστιν ὑμῖν ἀδελφόσ̣ καὶ ἀπηγγείλαμεν αὐτῷ κατὰ τὴν ἐπερώτησιν ταύτην. μὴ ᾔδειμεν ὅτι ἐρεῖ ἡμῖν. ἀγάγετε τὸν ἀδελφὸν ὑμῶν̣ (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 43:6)
Synonyms
-
love
-
the object of such love
