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ἔρως, ἔρως, ἔρωτος, ὁ (voc. ἔρως), love

ἔρως, ωτος, ὁ, acc. ἔρων for ἔρωτα Alex.Aet. 3.12, AP 9.39 (Musicius): in Ep. and Lyr. usu. ἔρος (q. v.): (ἕραμαι, ἐράω A):—
  • love, mostly of the sexual passion, θηλυκρατὴς ἔ. A. Ch. 600 (lyr.); ἐρῶσʼ ἔρωτʼ ἔκδημον E. Hipp. 32; ἔ. τινός love for one, S. Tr. 433; παίδων E. Ion 67: generally, love of a thing, desire for it, πατρῴας γῆς A. Ag. 540; δεινὸς εὐκλείας ἔ. Id. Eu. 865, etc.; ἔχειν ἔμφυτον ἔρωτα περί τι Pl. Lg. 782e; πρὸς τοὺς λόγους Luc. Nigr. Praef.; ἔρωτα σχὼν τῆς Ἑλλάδος τύραννος γενέσθαι Hdt. 5.32; ἔ. ἔχει με c. inf., A. Supp. 521; θανόντι κείνῳ συνθανεῖν ἔρως μʼ ἔχει S. Fr. 953; αὐτοῖς ἦν ἔρως θρόνους ἐᾶσθαι Id. OC 367; ἔ. ἐμπίπτει μοι c. inf., A. Ag. 341, cf. Th. 6.24; εἰς ἔρωτά τινος ἀφικέσθαι, ἐλθεῖν, Antiph. 212.3, Anaxil. 21.5: pl., loves, amours, ἀλλοτρίων Pi. N. 3.30; οὐχ ὅσιοι ἔ. E. Hipp. 765 (lyr.); ἔρωτες ἐμᾶς πόλεως Ar. Av. 1316 (lyr.), etc.; of dolphins, πρὸς παῖδας Arist. HA 631a10: generally, desires, S. Ant. 617 (lyr.).
      • 2 object of love or desire, ἀπρόσικτοι ἔρωτες Pi. N. 11.48, cf. Luc. Tim. 14.
      • 3 passionate joy, S. Aj. 693 (lyr.).
    • II pr. n., the god of love, Anacr. 65, Parm. 13, E. Hipp. 525 (lyr.), etc.; Ἔ. ἀνίκατε μάχαν S. Ant. 781 (lyr.): in pl., Simon. 184.3, etc.
    • III at Nicaea, a funeral wreath, EM 379.54.
    • IV name of the κλῆρος Ἀφροδίτης, Cat.Cod.Astr. 1.168; = third κλῆρος, Paul.Al. K. 3; one of the τόποι, Vett.Val. 69.16.

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