ἔρως

See also: έρως, Έρως, and Ἔρως

Ancient Greek

From ἔραμαι (éramai), ἐράω (eráō, “I love”)

ἔρως • (érōs) m (genitive ἔρωτος); third declension

love, desire (usually of a romantic/sexual nature)
the object of such love/desire
Ἔρως ἀνίκατε μάχαν.
Érōs aníkate mákhan.
Love conquers all.
(Sophocles, Antigone)
passionate joy
a funeral wreath at Nicaea

Third declension of ὁ ἔρως; τοῦ ἔρωτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἔρως ho érōs	τὼ ἔρωτε tṑ érōte	οἱ ἔρωτες hoi érōtes
Genitive	τοῦ ἔρωτος toû érōtos	τοῖν ἐρώτοιν toîn erṓtoin	τῶν ἐρώτων tôn erṓtōn
Dative	τῷ ἔρωτῐ tôi érōti	τοῖν ἐρώτοιν toîn erṓtoin	τοῖς ἔρωσῐ(ν) toîs érōsi(n)
Accusative	τὸν ἔρωτᾰ tòn érōta	τὼ ἔρωτε tṑ érōte	τοὺς ἔρωτᾰς toùs érōtas
Vocative	ἔρως érōs	ἔρωτε érōte	ἔρωτες érōtes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ts.

ἔρως in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
ἔρως in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
ἔρως in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
ἔρως in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
ἔρως in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
ἔρως in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- Cupid idem, page 1007.
- Eros idem, page 1010.
- adoration idem, page 13.
- affection idem, page 16.
- amorousness idem, page 28.
- attachment idem, page 49.
- craving idem, page 182.
- desire idem, page 215.
- devotion idem, page 221.
- fire idem, page 322.
- fondness idem, page 333.
- glow idem, page 363.
- hunger idem, page 410.
- love idem, page 502.
- lust idem, page 505.
- passion idem, page 597.
- romance idem, page 720.
- worship idem, page 990.

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