ἔρος
καὶ ἤδη γε ἄπειμι παρὰ τὸν ἑταῖρον Κλεινίαν, ὅτι πυνθάνομαι χρόνου ἤδη ἀκάθαρτον εἶναι αὐτῷ τὴν γυναῖκα καὶ ταύτην νοσεῖν, ὅτι μὴ ῥεῖ. ὥστε οὐκέτι οὐδ' ἀναβαίνει αὐτήν, ἀλλ' ἄβατος καὶ ἀνήροτός ἐστιν → and now I depart for my companion, Cleinias since I have learned that for some time now his wife is unclean and she is ill because she does not flow, therefore he no longer sleeps with her but she is unavailable and untilled
English (LSJ)
(A), ὁ, acc. ἔρον, dat. ἔρῳ: poet. form of ἔρως:—
A love, desire, οὐ..θεᾶς ἔρος οὐδὲ γυναικός Il.14.315, cf. Od.18.212 ; freq. in phrase αὐτὰρ ἐπεὶ πόσιος καὶ ἐδητύος ἐξ ἔρον ἕντο Il.1.469, al.; ἱμερτῶν ἔργων ἐξ ἔρον ἱέμενον Thgn.1064 ; ἔρος λυσιμελής Hes.Th.910, cf. Ibyc.1.6, etc.: used by Trag. in lyrics, S.El.197, E.Med.152, and by E. in dialogue, Hipp.337, El.297, al.; also in late Prose, ἔρῳ φέρεσθαι Luc. Asin.33. II as pr.n., Eros, the god of love, Hes.Th.120, Alcm. 36, Sapph.74, Theoc.29.22.
ἔρος (B), τό,
A wool, only in Ion. form εἶρος (q.v.). but cf. ἔπερος, εὔερος.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1033] ὁ, p. = ἔρως, Liebe, Luft, Verlangen, θεᾶς, γυναικός, zu einer Göttinn, einem Weibe, Il. 14, 315; ἔρῳ θυμὸν ἔθελχθεν Od. 18, 212; häufig πόσιος καὶ ἐδητύος ἐξ ἔρον ἕντο, sie hatten das Verlangen nach Speise u. Trank hinausgetrieben, gestillt; ἐπὴν γόου ἐξ ἔρον εἵην Il. 24, 227; Hes. Th.; Soph. El. 190; οἷον ἠράσθης ἔρον Eur., s. ἔραμαι; sp. D. In Prosa Luc. Asin. 33, ἔρῳ. – Außer nom., dat. u. acc. sing. kommt Nichts von dem Worte vor.
