ἐράω
τὸ ἀγαθὸν αἱρετόν· τὸ δ' αἱρετὸν ἀρεστόν· τὸ δ' ἀρεστὸν ἐπαινετόν· τὸ δ' ἐπαινετὸν καλόν → what is good is chosen, what is chosen is approved, what is approved is admired, what is admired is beautiful
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.
