ἐράω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=(A), used in Act. only in pres. and impf. (which in Poetry are [[ἔραμαι]], [[ἠράμην]]), Ion. [[ἐρέω]] <span class="bibl">Archil.25.3</span> : impf. <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> ἤρων <span class="bibl">Hdt.9.108</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Fr.</span> 161</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span>146</span>:—Pass., ἀντερᾶται <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Smp.</span>8.3</span>; opt. ἐρῷο <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Hier.</span>11.11</span>; inf. ἐρᾶσθαι <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Brut.</span>29</span>, etc.; part. [[ἐρώμενος]] (v. infr.):— also ἐράομαι, 3sg.ἐρᾶται Plu.2.753b, <span class="bibl">Philostr.<span class="title">Gym.</span>48</span> ([[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 <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>5.1.10</span>), ἤρα τῆς..γυναικός <span class="bibl">Hdt. 9.108</span>, etc.: c. acc. cogn., ἐρᾶν ἔρωτα <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hipp.</span>32</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Smp.</span>181b</span> : abs., [[ἐρῶν]] = a [[lover]], [[varia lectio|v.l.]] in <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>1.80</span> (pl.), <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>149.8</span> (pl.); opp. ἡ [[ἐρωμένη]] = [[the beloved one]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.31</span>, <span class="bibl">S.E.<span class="title">P.</span>3.196</span>; [ὁ] [[ἐρώμενος]] <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Smp.</span>8.36</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phdr.</span>239a</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Eq.</span>737</span> (pl.); <b class="b3">τὸν ἐρώμενον αὐτοῦ</b>, Lat. [[delicias ejus]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1303b23</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> without sexual reference, [[love warmly]], opp. [[φιλέω]], οὐδ' ἤρα οὐδ' ἐφίλει <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ly.</span>222a</span>:—and in Pass., ὥστε οὐ μόνον φιλοῖο ἂν ἀλλὰ καὶ ἐρῷο <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Hier.</span>11.11</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Brut.</span>29</span>; κινεῖ [τὸ οὗ ἕνεκα] ὡς ἐρώμενον <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Metaph.</span>1072b3</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> c. gen. rei, [[love]] or [[desire]] [[passionately]], τυραννίδος <span class="bibl">Archil.25.3</span>; τερπνότατον τοῦ τις ἐρᾷ τὸ τυχεῖν <span class="bibl">Thgn.256</span>; μάχης ἐρῶν <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>392</span>; μόνος θεῶν γὰρ Θάνατος οὐ δώρων ἐρᾷ <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Fr.</span>161</span>; ἀμηχάνων ἐρᾷς <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>90</span>; πατρίδος ἐρᾶν <span class="bibl">E. <span class="title">Ph.</span>359</span>; οὗ ἐπιθυμεῖ τε καὶ ἐρᾷ <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Smp.</span>200a</span> : and c. inf., [[desire]] to do, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Fr.</span>44.1</span>; θανεῖν ἐρᾷ <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>220</span>; ἀποθανεῖν ἐρῶντες <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">de Arte</span> 7</span>; φαγεῖν <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span>146</span>; πληροῦσθαι <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phlb.</span>35a</span>.</span><br /><span class="bld">ἐράω</span> (B), <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[pour forth]], [[vomit]], <b class="b3">ἐρᾶσαι· κενῶσαι</b>, Hsch.: usually in compds., ἀπὸ σφαγὴν ἐρῶν <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>1599</span>, cf. [[ἀπεράω]], [[ἐξεράω]], [[κατεράω]], [[κατεξεράω]], [[μετεράω]], [[συνεράω]].</span>