eros

See also: Appendix:Variations of "eros"

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἔρως (érōs, “love, desire”).

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɪə.ɹɒs/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈɛɹ.ɑs/, /ˈɪɚ.ɑs/

Noun

eros (usually uncountable, plural erotes)

  1. A winged figure of a child representing love or its power.
  2. Physical love; sexual desire.
    • 2008, Preeta Samarasan, Evening is the Whole Day, Fourth Estate, page 54:
      He would introduce her to the wonders of eros; she would bloom under his expert tutelage.
  3. a type of love that seeks fulfillment without violation or something else.
  4. (psychiatry) libido
  5. (psychiatry) collective instincts for self-preservation; life drive.

Antonyms

Translations

Anagrams

Basque

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /eɾos̺/ [e.ɾos̺]
  • Rhymes: -eɾos̺
  • Hyphenation: e‧ros

Noun

eros inan

  1. (psychology) eros
Declension
Declension of eros (inanimate, ending in consonant)
indefinite singular plural
absolutive eros erosa erosak
ergative erosek erosak erosek
dative erosi erosari erosei
genitive erosen erosaren erosen
comitative erosekin erosarekin erosekin
causative erosengatik erosarengatik erosengatik
benefactive erosentzat erosarentzat erosentzat
instrumental erosez erosaz erosez
inessive erosetan erosean erosetan
locative erosetako eroseko erosetako
allative erosetara erosera erosetara
terminative erosetaraino eroseraino erosetaraino
directive erosetarantz eroserantz erosetarantz
destinative erosetarako eroserako erosetarako
ablative erosetatik erosetik erosetatik
partitive erosik — —
prolative erostzat — —

Verb

eros

  1. Short form of erosi (“to buy”).

Latin

Noun

erōs

  1. accusative plural of erus

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French éros.

Noun

eros n (uncountable)

  1. eros (physical love)

Declension
declension of eros (singular only)
singular
n gender indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) eros erosul
genitive/dative (unui) eros erosului
vocative erosule

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἔρως (érōs, “love, desire”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈeɾos/ [ˈe.ɾos]
  • Rhymes: -eɾos
  • Syllabification: e‧ros

Noun

eros m (uncountable)

  1. eros; sexual desire
  2. (psychiatry) libido
    Synonym: libido

Further reading
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