ἔρως
eros
love
Appears 19 times across Aristotle's works.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἔρως, ωτος, ὁ, acc. ἔρων for ἔρωτα 3.12, AP 9.39 (Musicius) : in Ep. and Lyr. usu. ἔρος (q. v.) : (ἕραμαι, ἐράω A):—Α. love, mostly of the sexual passion, θηλυκρατὴς ἔ. Ch. 600 (lyr.) ; ἐρῶσʼ ἔρωτʼ ἔκδημον Hipp. 32 ; ἔ. τινός love for one, Tr. 433 ; παίδων Ion 67 : generally, love of a thing, desire for i it, πατρῴας γῆς Ag. 540 ; δεινὸς εὐκλείας ἔ. Eu. 865, etc. ; ἔχειν ἔμφυτον ἔρωτα περί τι Lg. 782e ; πρὸς τοὺς λόγους Nigr.Praef.; ἔρωτα σχὼν τῆς Ἑλλάδος τύραννος γενέσθαι 5.32 ; ἔ. ἔχει με c. inf., Supp. 521 ; θανόντι κείνῳ συνθανεῖν ἔρως μʼ ἔχει Fr. 953 ; αὐτοῖς ἦν ἔρως θρόνους ἐᾶσθαι OC 367 ; ἔ. ἐμπίπτει μοι c. inf., Ag. 341, cf. 6.24 ; εἰς ἔρωτά τινος ἀφικέσθαι, ἐλθεῖν, 212.3, 21.5 : pl., loves, amours, ἀλλοτρίων N. 3.30 ; οὐχ ὅσιοι ἔ. Hipp. 765 (lyr.) ; ἔρωτες ἐμᾶς πόλεως Av. 1316 (lyr.), etc. ; of dolphins, πρὸς παῖδας HA 631a10 : generally, desires, Ant. 617 (lyr.). 2. object of love or desire, ἀπρόσικτοι ἔρωτες N. 11.48, cf. Tim. 14. 3. passionate joy, Aj. 693 (lyr.). II. pr. n., the god of love, 65, 13, Hipp. 525 (lyr.), etc. ; Έ. ἀνίκατε μάχαν Ant. 781 (lyr.) : in pl., 184.3, etc. III. at Nicaea, a funeral wreath, 379.54. IV. name of the κλῆρος Ἀφροδίτης, Cat.Cod.Astr. 1.168 ; = third κλῆρος, K. 3 ; one of the τόποι, 69.16.
Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)
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