love

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verb transitive

love (persons or things): P. and V. φιλεῖν, P. ἀγαπᾶν.

be enamoured of: P. and V. ἐρᾶν; (gen.), Ar. and V. ἔρασθαι (gen.).

as parents love children and vice versa: P. and V. στέργειν, P. ἀγαπᾶν.

love in return: P. ἀντιφιλεῖν (acc.), P. and V. ἀντερᾶν; (gen.) (Xen.).

love exceedingly: Ar. and P. ὑπερφιλεῖν (Xen.), P. ὑπεραγαπᾶν.

join in loving: V. συμφιλεῖν (absol.).

love to (with infin.): P. and V. φιλεῖν (infin.), χαίρω, χαίρειν (part.), ἥδεσθαι (part.).

substantive

P. and V. ἔρως, ὁ (acc. sometimes ἔρον in V.), ἀγάπη, ἡ.

desire: P. and V. πόθος, ὁ (Plato but rare P.), ἵμερος, ὁ (Plato but rare P.).

friendship: P. and V. φιλία, ἡ.

good-will: P. and V. εὔνοια, ἡ.

parental love: V. στέργηθρον, τό (Aesch., Choe. 241).

object of love: see darling.

love for one's husband: V. φιλανδρία, ἡ.

goddess of love: P. and V. Ἀφροδίτη, ἡ.

gratification of love: P. τὰ ἀφροδίσια.

be in love: P. and V. ἐρᾶν, Ar. and V. ἔρασθαι.

of love, adj.: P. ἐρωτικός.

a love affair: P. ἐρωτικὴ συντυχία (Thuc. 6, 54).

love-charm: P. and V. φίλτρον, τό. V. στέργημα, τό, στέργηθρον, τό.

Translations

verb

Abenaki: kazalmômuk; Adangme: suɔ; Afrikaans: lief; Ainu: カタイロッケ; Albanian: do; Amharic: ማፍቀር, መውደድ; Arabic: أَحَبَّ‎; Egyptian Arabic: حب‎; Aragonese: amar; Archi: кьан; Armenian: սիրել; Aromanian: agãpisescu, alughescu; Assamese: ভাল পোৱা, মৰম কৰা; Asturian: querer; Azerbaijani: sevmək; Bashkir: яратыу; Basque: maite izan, maitatu; Belarusian: любі́ць, кахаць; Bengali: ভালবাসা; Breton: karout; Bulgarian: обичам; Burmese: အချစ်, ချစ်ခင်; Buryat: дурлаха; Catalan: estimar, amar; Cebuano: higugma; Chechen: деза; Cherokee: ᏥᎨᏳᎢ; Chinese Cantonese: 愛／爱, 愛情／爱情; Dungan: нэ; Hakka: 愛／爱, 愛／爱; Mandarin: 愛／爱, 熱愛／热爱, 愛好／爱好, 愛戴／爱戴; Min Dong: 愛／爱, 愛／爱; Min Nan: 愛情／爱情, 情愛／情爱, 愛／爱; Wu: 愛／爱; Chuvash: сав; Coptic: ⲙⲉ; Corsican: amà; Crimean Tatar: sevmek; Czech: milovat, mít rád; Dalmatian: amur; Danish: elske; Dhivehi: ލޯބި‎; Dolgan: багар; Dutch: houden van, beminnen, liefhebben, graag zien; Esperanto: ami; Estonian: armastama; Faroese: elska; Finnish: rakastaa; French: aimer; Friulian: amâ; Galician: amar; Georgian: სიყვარული; German: lieben, lieb haben, gern haben; Gothic: 𐍆𐍂𐌹𐌾𐍉𐌽; Greek: αγαπώ; Ancient Greek: ἀγαπάω, φιλέω, ἐράω, στέργω; Guaraní: hayhu; Gujarati: પ્રેમ કરવો; Haitian Creole: renmen; Hebrew: אָהַב‎; Hindi: प्यार करना, प्रेम करना, इश्क़ करना, मुहब्बत करना; Hungarian: szeret; Icelandic: elska; Ido: amar; Indonesian: cinta; Ingrian: suvata; Ingush: веза; Interlingua: amar; Irish: gráigh; Italian: amare, volere bene; Japanese: 愛する, 恋する, 愛でる, 好む, 愛好する; Jarai: amuăih; Jeju: 궤다; Kalmyk: дурлх; Kapampangan: lugud; Karok: íimnih; Kazakh: сүю; Khmer: ស្រឡាញ់; Korean: 사랑하다, 애정을 품다; Kumyk: сюймек; Kurdish Central Kurdish: خۆشویستن‎; Northern Kurdish: hez kirin, hez kirin; Kyrgyz: сүйүү; Ladin: amà; Lao: ຮັກ; Latin: amo; Latvian: mīlēt; Lezgi: кӏан хьун; Ligurian: amà; Lingala: linga; Lithuanian: mylėti; Lombard: amà; Luo: hero; Luxembourgish: gär hunn; Macedonian: сака, љуби; Malay: cinta; Malayalam: ഇഷ്ടപ്പെടുക; Maltese: ħabb; Manchu: ᠪᡠᠶᡝᠮᠪᡳ, ᠴᡳᡥᠠᠯᠠᠮᠪᡳ, ᡥᡳᠠᡵᠠᠮᠪᡳ; Maori: hiahia, aroha, tāmau; Marathi: प्रेम; Marshallese: yokwe; Middle English: loven; Mirandese: amar; Mizo: hmangaih; Mogholi: täla; Mongolian Cyrillic: дурлах, хайрлах; Mozarabic: امار‎; Nahuatl: tlahzoa, tlajsoa; Navajo: ayóóʼáyóʼní; Neapolitan: amà; Norman: aimer; North Frisian: liibe, leew haa, lefhaa; Northern Thai: ᩁᩢ᩠ᨠ; Norwegian Bokmål: elske; Occitan: aimar; Ojibwe: zaagi', zaagitoon; Old Church Slavonic Cyrillic: любити; Old English: lufian; Old Frisian: minnia; Old Occitan: amar; Oromo: jaalachuu; Ottoman Turkish: سومك‎; Pela: ŋø⁵⁵, tʃɔ̠t⁵⁵ tɛʔ³¹; Persian: دوست داشتن‎, عشق داشتن‎, عاشق بودن‎, مهر ورزیدن‎; Piedmontese: amé; Pipil: -tasujta, -tazuhta; Polabian: ľaibĕt; Polish: kochać, miłować; Portuguese: amar, adorar; Quechua: waylluy, munai, waillui; Romani: kamel; Romanian: iubi, adora; Romansch: avair gugent, charezzar; Russian: любить; Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic: во̀лети, во̀љети, љубити; Roman: vòleti, vòljeti, ljúbiti; Shan: ႁၵ်ႉ; Sinhalese: ආදරය කරනවා; Slovak: milovať, ľúbiť, mať rád; Slovene: ljubiti, imeti rad; Sorbian Lower Sorbian: lubowaś; Upper Sorbian: lubować; Spanish: amar, querer; Sumerian: 𒆠𒉘; Swahili: kupenda; Swedish: älska; Sylheti: ꠜꠣꠟꠣ ꠙꠣꠃꠣ, ꠝꠣꠄꠣ ꠇꠞꠣ; Tabasaran: ккун хьуб; Tagalog: ibig, mahal; Tajik: дӯст доштан, ишқ варзидан; Tamil: காதலி, அன்பு செலுத்து; Tatar: яратырга, сөяргә; Telugu: ప్రేమించు; Tetum: hadomi; Thai: รัก; Tupinambá: aûsub; Turkish: sevmek; Turkmen: söýmek; Ukrainian: любити, кохати; Urdu: پیار کرنا‎, محبت کرنا‎, عشق کرنا‎; Uzbek: sevmoq; Vietnamese: yêu; Volapük: löfön; Welsh: caru; West Frisian: leaf hawwe, hâlde fan, beminne, leavje; White Hmong: hlub; Wolof: mbëggéel, mbeugeil; Yakut: таптаа; Yiddish: ליב האָבן‎; Yoruba: fẹ́, fẹ́ràn, nífẹ̀ẹ́; Yup'ik: kenkeluni; Zazaki: sineyen; ǃXóõ: ǀnàm, tsāha, tào