ἐράω

English (LSJ)

(A), used in Act. only in pres. and impf. (which in Poetry are ἔραμαι, ἠράμην), Ion. ἐρέω Archil.25.3 : impf.

A ἤρων Hdt.9.108, E.Fr. 161, Ar.Ach.146:—Pass., ἀντ-ερᾶται X.Smp.8.3 ; opt. ἐρῷο Id.Hier.11.11 ; inf. ἐρᾶσθαι Plu.Brut.29, etc.; part. ἐρώμενος (v. infr.):— also ἐράομαι, 3sg.ἐρᾶται Plu.2.753b, Philostr.Gym.48 (ἐράασθε v. sub ἔραμαι): all other tenses will be found under ἔραμαι:—love, c. gen. pers., prop. of the sexual passion, to be in love with (οὐκ ἐρᾷ ἀδελφὸς ἀδελφῆς..οὐδὲ πατὴρ θυγατρός X.Cyr.5.1.10), ἤρα τῆς..γυναικός Hdt. 9.108, etc.: c. acc. cogn., ἐρᾶν ἔρωτα E.Hipp.32, Pl.Smp.181b : abs., ἐρῶν a lover, v.l. in Pi.O.1.80 (pl.), S.Fr.149.8 (pl.); opp. ἡ ἐρωμένη the beloved one, Hdt.3.31, S.E.P.3.196 ; [ὁ] ἐρώμενος X.Smp.8.36, Pl.Phdr.239a, cf. Ar.Eq.737 (pl.); τὸν ἐρώμενον αὐτοῦ, Lat. delicias ejus, Arist.Pol.1303b23. 2 without sexual reference, love warmly, opp. φιλέω, οὐδ' ἤρα οὐδ' ἐφίλει Pl.Ly.222a:—and in Pass., ὥστε οὐ μόνον φιλοῖο ἂν ἀλλὰ καὶ ἐρῷο X.Hier.11.11, cf. Plu.Brut.29 ; κινεῖ [τὸ οὗ ἕνεκα] ὡς ἐρώμενον Arist.Metaph.1072b3. II c. gen. rei, love or desire passionately, τυραννίδος Archil.25.3 ; τερπνότατον τοῦ τις ἐρᾷ τὸ τυχεῖν Thgn.256 ; μάχης ἐρῶν A.Th.392 ; μόνος θεῶν γὰρ Θάνατος οὐ δώρων ἐρᾷ Id.Fr.161 ; ἀμηχάνων ἐρᾷς S.Ant.90 ; πατρίδος ἐρᾶν E. Ph.359 ; οὗ ἐπιθυμεῖ τε καὶ ἐρᾷ Pl.Smp.200a : and c. inf., desire to do, A.Fr.44.1 ; θανεῖν ἐρᾷ S.Ant.220 ; ἀποθανεῖν ἐρῶντες Hp.de Arte 7 ; φαγεῖν Ar.Ach.146 ; πληροῦσθαι Pl.Phlb.35a.
ἐράω (B),

A pour forth, vomit, ἐρᾶσαι· κενῶσαι, Hsch.: usu. in compds., ἀπὸ σφαγὴν ἐρῶν A.Ag.1599, cf. ἀπ-, ἐξ-, κατ-, κατεξ-, μετ-, συν-εράω.