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.
- ᾅδησ καὶ ἔρωσ γυναικὸσ καὶ γῆ οὐκ ἐμπιπλαμένη ὕδατοσ καὶ ὕδωρ καὶ πῦρ οὐ μὴ εἴπωσιν. ἀρκεῖ. (Septuagint, Liber Proverbiorum 24:52)
- παῖδε γάρ μοι ἐστὸν δύο καλώ, Ἵμεροσ καὶ Ἔρωσ, τούτω σοι παραδώσω ἡγεμόνε τῆσ ὁδοῦ γενησομένω· (Lucian, Dearum judicium, (no name) 15:5)
- καὶ ὁ μὲν Ἔρωσ ὅλοσ παρελθὼν εἰσ αὐτὴν ἀναγκάσει τὴν γυναῖκα ἐρᾶν, ὁ δ’ Ἵμεροσ αὐτῷ σοι περιχυθεὶσ τοῦθ’ ὅπερ ἐστίν, ἱμερτόν τε θήσει καὶ ἐράσμιον. (Lucian, Dearum judicium, (no name) 15:6)
- "οἴχῃ μοι κακοδαίμων ἐκφυγὼν τὰσ νόσουσ, οὐ πυρετὸν ἔτι δεδιώσ, οὐ πολέμιον, οὐ τύραννον οὐκ ἔρωσ σε ἀνιάσει οὐδὲ συνουσία διαστρέψει, οὐδὲ σπαθήσεισ ἐπὶ τούτῳ δὶσ ἢ τρὶσ τῆσ ἡμέρασ, ὢ τῆσ συμφορᾶσ. (Lucian, (no name) 16:11)
- πασάων δ’ ἅτε Κύπρισ ἀρειοτέρη γεγαυῖα μῆλον ἔχειν ἐπόθησεν, ὅτι κτέρασ ἐστὶν Ἐρώτων· (Colluthus, Rape of Helen, book 130)
- κόρον δ’ οὐκ εἶχεν ὀπωπῆσ ἄλλοτε δὴ χρύσειον ὀισαμένη Κυθερείησ κοῦρον ὀπιπεύειν θαλαμηπόλον ‐ ὀψὲ δ’ ἀνέγνω, ὡσ οὐκ ἔστιν Ἔρωσ· (Colluthus, Rape of Helen, book 1122)
Synonyms
-
love
-
the object of such love
