ἐραστής
See also: εραστής
Ancient Greek
Etymology
ἐράω (eráō, “to love”) + -στης (-stēs, masculine agentive suffix)
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /e.ras.tɛ̌ːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /e.rasˈte̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /e.rasˈtis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /e.rasˈtis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /e.rasˈtis/
Noun
ἐρᾰστής • (erastḗs) m (genitive ἐρᾰστοῦ); first declension (Attic, Ionic, Koine)
- lover, erastes
- fan, adherent, admirer
Declension
First declension of ὁ ἐρᾰστής; τοῦ ἐρᾰστοῦ (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||
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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, 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.