Ancient Greek

Proper noun

Ἔρως • ‎(Érōs) m ‎(genitive Ἔρωτος); third declension

1. Eros

Inflection

Descendants

• Greek: Έρως ‎(Éros), Έρωτας ‎(Érotas)
• Latin: Eros

References

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English-Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,007

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἔρος ‎(éros) (Epic, Lyric)

Noun

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

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

Inflection

• ἔρων occurs as an alternative form of accusative singular ἔρωτα.

Descendants

• Greek: έρως ‎(éros), έρωτας ‎(érotas)

References

• 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.
  • adoration idem, page 13.
  • affection idem, page 16.
  • amorousness idem, page 28.
  • attachment idem, page 49.
  • craving idem, page 182.
  • Cupid idem, page 1007.
  • desire idem, page 215.
  • devotion idem, page 221.
  • Eros idem, page 1010.
  • 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.