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ἐράω

erao

love

Appears 211 times across Plato's dialogues.

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ἐράω (A), used in Act. only in pres. and impf. (which in Poetry are ἔραμαι, ἠράμην), Ion. ἐρέω Archil. 25.3 : impf. ἤρων Hdt. 9.108, E. Fr. 161, Ar. Ach. 146:—Pass., ἀντ-ερᾶται X. Smp. 8.3 ; opt. ἐρῷο Id. Hier. 11.11 ; inf. ἐρᾶσθαι Plu. Brut. 29, etc.; part. ἐρώμενος (v. infr.):— also ἐράομαι, 3sg.ἐρᾶται Plu. 2.753b, Philostr. Gym. 48 (ἐράασθε v. sub ἔραμαι): all other tenses will be found under ἔραμαι:—Α. love, c. gen. pers., prop. of the sexual passion, to be in love with (οὐκ ἐρᾷ ἀδελφὸς ἀδελφῆς..οὐδὲ πατὴρ θυγατρός X. Cyr. 5.1.10), ἤρα τῆς..γυναικός Hdt. 9.108, etc.: c. acc. cogn., ἐρᾶν ἔρωτα E. Hipp. 32, Pl. Smp. 181b : abs., ἐρῶν a lover, v.l. in Pi. O. 1.80 (pl.), S. Fr. 149.8 (pl.); opp. ἡ ἐρωμένη the beloved one, Hdt. 3.31, S.E. P. 3.196 ; [ὁ] ἐρώμενος X. Smp. 8.36, Pl. Phdr. 239a, cf. Ar. Eq. 737 (pl.); τὸν ἐρώμενον αὐτοῦ, Lat. delicias ejus, Arist. Pol. 1303b23. 2. without sexual reference, love warmly, opp. φιλέω, οὐδʼ ἤρα οὐδʼ ἐφίλει Pl. Ly. 222a:—and in Pass., ὥστε οὐ μόνον φιλοῖο ἂν ἀλλὰ καὶ ἐρῷο X. Hier. 11.11, cf. Plu. Brut. 29 ; κινεῖ [τὸ οὗ ἕνεκα] ὡς ἐρώμενον Arist. Metaph. 1072b3. II. c. gen. rei, love or desire passionately, τυραννίδος Archil. 25.3 ; τερπνότατον τοῦ τις ἐρᾷ τὸ τυχεῖν Thgn. 256 ; μάχης ἐρῶν A. Th. 392 ; μόνος θεῶν γὰρ Θάνατος οὐ δώρων ἐρᾷ Id. Fr. 161 ; ἀμηχάνων ἐρᾷς S. Ant. 90 ; πατρίδος ἐρᾶν E. Ph. 359 ; οὗ ἐπιθυμεῖ τε καὶ ἐρᾷ Pl. Smp. 200a : and c. inf., desire to do, A. Fr. 44.1 ; θανεῖν ἐρᾷ S. Ant. 220 ; ἀποθανεῖν ἐρῶντες Hp. de Arte 7 ; φαγεῖν Ar. Ach. 146 ; πληροῦσθαι Pl. Phlb. 35a.
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