ἔραμαι

eramai

love

Appears 9 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Phaedrus 3
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231c5
243c4
252e4
Cratylus 2
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398d1
404c1
Alcibiades II 1
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141d7
Lovers 1
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135a3
Protagoras 1
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341b7
Republic 1
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Book X 1
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607e4

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἔραμαι, 2sg. Ep. ἔρασσαι or ἔρᾱσαι Theoc. 1.78, 3sg. ἔρᾱται Id. 2.149 (with unexpld. ᾱ); 2pl. ἐράασθε Il. 16.208; 3sg. subj. Aeol. and Dor. ἔρᾱται Sapph. Supp. 5.4, Pi. P. 4.92 ; opt. ἐραίμαν ib.11.50 ; impf. ἠράμην [ᾰ] Sapph. 33, Thgn. 1346, etc.: fut. ἐρασθήσομαι A. Eu. 852 : aor. ἠράσθην Alcm. 33, Hdt. 1.8,96, E. Med. 700, IG 12.920.2, poet. ἐράσθην Phoen. 1.19 ; poet. aor. Med. ἠρᾰσάμην Il. 16.182, Hermesian. 7.49,96 (Ep. and Lyr. ἠράσσατο Il. 20.223, Archil. 26, Nicaen.1.5 ; ἐράσσατο Hes. Th. 915, Pi. P. 2.27): pf. ἤρασμαι Parth. 2.3 : ἐράω (q.v.) supplies the pres. and impf. in Prose. I. love, c. gen. pers., prop. of the sexual passion, as always in Hom.; mostly of the man, ὥς σεο νῦν ἔραμαι Il. 3.446, cf. 16.182, 20.223, etc.; λέχους E. Med. 491 ; τῆς ἑωυτοῦ γυναικός Hdt. 1.8 ; but of the woman, ἣ..ἠράσσατʼ Ἐνιπῆος Od. 11.238 : c. acc. cogn., ἐ. μέγαν γʼ ἔρωτα E. Med. 697. II. of things, desire passionately, lust after, ὃς πολέμου ἔραται ἐπιδημίου Il. 9.64 ; φυλόπιδος..ἕης τὸ πρίν γʼ ἐράασθε 16.208 ; ἐρασθεὶς τυραννίδος Hdt. 1.96 ; τῶν ἀπεόντων Pi. P. 3.20 ; καλῶν ib.11.50 ; γῆς τῆσδε A. Eu. 852 ; κείνων ἔραμαι E. Alc. 866 (anap.); θανάτου ἔρανται Aret. CA 2.5. 2. c. inf., desire eagerly, οὐκ ἔραμαι πλουτεῖν Thgn. 1155 ; ἤρατο ἐπιψαύειν Pi. P. 4.92 ; ἔραται γλῶσσα μέλιτος ἄωτον [προχέειν] Id. Pae. 6.58 ; ἔραμαι πυθέσθαι S. OC 511 (lyr.); λαβεῖν τι E. Med. 700 ; φαγεῖν Ar. Fr. 51 (lyr.).

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