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Liddell-Scott-Jones Lexicon of Classical Greek
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Words With Similar Definitions
Greek1: philopsuchia 2: philozôeô 3: eramai 4: himeros 5: erôs
Latin1: ardor 2: - 3: - 4: - 5: -
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Words That Regularly Appear With eros
In Perseus Texts:atarhiêmiposiserôseraô
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Multiple entries for this lemma:
eros (A), ho, acc. eron, dat. erôi: poet. form of erôs :--

  • love, desire, ou..theas eros oude gunaikos Hom. Il. 14.315, cf. Hom. Od. 18.212 ; freq. in phrase autar epei posios kai edêtuos ex eron hento Hom. Il. 1.469, al.; himertôn ergôn ex eron hiemenon Thgn.1064 ; eros lusimelês Hes. Th. 910, cf. Ibyc.1.6, etc.: used by Trag. in lyrics, Soph. El. 197, Eur. Med. 152, and by E. in dialogue, Hipp.337, ti=Eur. El. 297, al.; also in late Prose, erôi pheresthai Luc. Asin.33.

    II. as pr.n., Eros, the god of love,     Hes. Th. 120, Alcm. 36, Sapph.74, Theoc.29.22.


    eros (B), to, wool, only in Ion. form eiros (q.v.). but cf. eperos, eueros.