ἐραστής

See also: εραστής

Ancient Greek

Etymology

ἐράω (eráō, “to love”) +‎ -στης (-stēs, masculine agentive suffix)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.ras.tɛ̌ːs/ → /e.rasˈtis/ → /e.rasˈtis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.ras.tɛ̌ːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e.rasˈte̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.rasˈtis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.rasˈtis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.rasˈtis/

Noun

ἐρᾰστής • (erastḗs) m (genitive ἐρᾰστοῦ); first declension (Attic, Ionic, Koine)

1. lover, erastes
2. fan, adherent, admirer

Declension

First declension of ὁ ἐρᾰστής; τοῦ ἐρᾰστοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἐρᾰστής ho erastḗs	τὼ ἐρᾰστᾱ́ tṑ erastā́	οἱ ἐρᾰσταί hoi erastaí
Genitive	τοῦ ἐρᾰστοῦ toû erastoû	τοῖν ἐρᾰσταῖν toîn erastaîn	τῶν ἐρᾰστῶν tôn erastôn
Dative	τῷ ἐρᾰστῇ tôi erastêi	τοῖν ἐρᾰσταῖν toîn erastaîn	τοῖς ἐρᾰσταῖς toîs erastaîs
Accusative	τὸν ἐρᾰστήν tòn erastḗn	τὼ ἐρᾰστᾱ́ tṑ erastā́	τοὺς ἐρᾰστᾱ́ς toùs erastā́s
Vocative	ἐρᾰστᾰ́ erastá	ἐρᾰστᾱ́ erastā́	ἐρᾰσταί erastaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms

• (lover): ἐρῶν (erôn)

Derived terms

• παιδεραστής (paiderastḗs)

Further reading

• “ἐραστής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἐραστής”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἐραστής in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • admirer idem, page 12.
  • adorer idem, page 13.
  • desirer idem, page 216.
  • devotee idem, page 221.
  • lover idem, page 502.
  • swain idem, page 846.
  • sweetheart idem, page 848.
  • votary idem, page 957.