eros

See also: éros, erős, Eros, Éros, and EROS

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪə.ɹɒs/
• IPA^(key): /ˈɛɹ.ɑs/, /ˈɪɚ.ɑs/

Noun

eros (usually uncountable, plural erotes)

1. A winged figure of a child representing love and/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

• (life drive): death drive, Thanatos

Translations

physical love; sexual desire

• Japanese: 性愛 (ja) (せいあい, seiai)
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Anagrams

• 'orse, ROEs, Roes, Rose, ores, orse, roes, rose, rosé, sero-, sore, öres

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Basque

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eɾos̺/, [e̞.ɾo̞s̺]

Etymology 1

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	—	—

Etymology 2

Verb

eros

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Latin

Noun

(deprecated template usage) erōs

1. accusative plural of erus

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Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeɾos/ [ˈe.ɾos]

Noun

eros m (uncountable)

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

   Synonym: libido

Related terms

• erótico
• erógeno

Further reading

• “eros”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014