ἔρασις
From LSJ
κατὰ τὸν δεύτερον, φασί, πλοῦν τὰ ἐλάχιστα ληπτέον τῶν κακῶν → we must as second best, as people say, take the least of the evils
English (LSJ)
εως, ἡ, (ἔραμαι) A love, as etym. of ἥρως, EM437.38, etc.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1017] ἡ, das Lieben, Sp.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἔρᾰσις: -εως, ἡ, (ἔραμαι) ἐπιθυμία, μῖξις, λέξις χαλκευθεῖσα ὑπὸ τοῦ Μεγ. Ἐτυμολόγου (437. 38) καὶ ἄλλων Γραμμ. πρὸς ὑποστήριξιν τῆς ἰδίας αὐτῶν ἐτυμολογίας τῆς λέξ. ἥρως.
