eros
See also: éros, erős, Eros, Éros, and EROS
English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἔρως (érōs, “love, desire”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɪə.ɹɒs/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈɛɹ.ɑs/, /ˈɪɚ.ɑs/
Noun
eros (usually uncountable, plural erotes)
- A winged figure of a child representing love and/or its power.
- 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.
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- a type of love that seeks fulfillment without violation or something else.
- (psychiatry) libido
- (psychiatry) collective instincts for self-preservation; life drive.
Antonyms
- (life drive): death drive, Thanatos
Translations
physical love; sexual desire
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Anagrams
- 'orse, ROEs, Roes, Rose, ores, orse, roes, rose, rosé, sero-, sore, öres
Basque
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /eɾos̺/, [e̞.ɾo̞s̺]
Noun
eros inan
- (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 | — | — |
Verb
eros
- Short form of erosi.
Latin
Noun
erōs
- accusative plural of erus
Romanian
Etymology
From French éros.
Noun
eros n (uncountable)
- eros (physical love)
Declension
declension of eros (singular only)
| singular | ||
|---|---|---|
| n gender | indefinite articulation | definite articulation |
| nominative/accusative | (un) eros | erosul |
| genitive/dative | (unui) eros | erosului |
| vocative | erosule | |
Spanish
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἔρως (érōs, “love, desire”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈeɾos/ [ˈe.ɾos]
- Rhymes: -eɾos
- Syllabification: e‧ros
Noun
eros m (uncountable)
- eros; sexual desire
- (psychiatry) libido
- Synonym: libido
Related terms
- erótico
- erógeno
Further reading
- “eros”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014