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|Definition=ωτος, ὁ, acc. [[ἔρων]] for<br><span class="bld">A</span> ἔρωτα Alex.Aet.3.12, ''AP''9.39 (Musicius): in Ep. and Lyr. usually [[ἔρος]] ([[quod vide|q.v.]]): ([[ἕραμαι]], [[ἐράω]] A):—[[love]], mostly of the [[sexual]] [[passion]], [[θηλυκρατής|θηλυκρατὴς]] ἔρως A.''Ch.''600 (lyr.); ἐρῶσ' ἔρωτ' ἔκδημον E.''Hipp.''32; [[ἔρως τινός]] [[love for]] one, S.''Tr.''433; παίδων E. ''Ion''67: generally, [[love of]] a thing, [[desire for]] it, πατρῴας γῆς A.''Ag.''540; [[δεινός|δεινὸς]] [[εὔκλεια|εὐκλείας]] ἔρως Id.''Eu.''865, etc.; ἔχειν ἔμφυτον ἔρωτα περί τι Pl.''Lg.'' 782e; πρὸς τοὺς λόγους Luc.''Nigr.Praef.''; ἔρωτα σχὼν τῆς Ἑλλάδος τύραννος γενέσθαι [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]5.32; [[ἔρως ἔχει με]] c. inf., A.''Supp.''521; θανόντι κείνῳ συνθανεῖν ἔρως μ' ἔχει S.''Fr.''953; αὐτοῖς ἦν ἔρως θρόνους ἐᾶσθαι Id.''OC''367; [[ἔρως ἐμπίπτει μοι]] = [[have a desire to]] c. inf., A.''Ag.''341, cf. Th.6.24; [[εἰς ἔρωτά τινος ἀφικέσθαι]], [[εἰς ἔρωτά τινος ἐλθεῖν]] = [[fall in love]], Antiph.212.3,Anaxil.21.5: pl., [[loves]], [[amours]], ἀλλοτρίων Pi.''N.''3.30; οὐχ ὅσιοι ἔρως E.''Hipp.''765 (lyr.); ἔρωτες ἐμᾶς πόλεως [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[The Birds|Av.]]''1316 (lyr.), etc.; of dolphins, πρὸς παῖδας Arist.''HA''631a10: generally, [[desire]]s, S.''Ant.''617 (lyr.).<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[object of love]] or [[object of desire]], [[ἀπρόσικτος|ἀπρόσικτοι]] ἔρωτες Pi.''N.''11.48, cf. Luc.''Tim.''14.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[passionate joy]], [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''693 (lyr.).<br><span class="bld">II</span> pr. n., the [[god of love]], Anacr.65, Parm.13, E.''Hipp.''525 (lyr.), etc.; Έ. ἀνίκατε μάχαν S.''Ant.''781 (lyr.): in plural, Simon.184.3, etc.<br><span class="bld">III</span> at Nicaea, a [[funeral wreath]], EM379.54.<br><span class="bld">IV</span> name of the [[κλῆρος]] [[Ἀφροδίτη]]ς, ''Cat.Cod.Astr.''1.168; = third [[κλῆρος]], Paul.Al.''K.''3; one of the [[τόποι]], Vett.Val.69.16.