ἐράω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=(A), used in Act. only in pres. and impf. (which in Poetry are [[ἔραμαι]], [[ἠράμην]]), Ion. [[ἐρέω]] Archil.25.3: impf.<br><span class="bld">A</span> ἤρων [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]9.108, E.''Fr.'' 161, [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[Acharnians|Ach.]]''146:—Pass., ἀντερᾶται 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 [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''5.1.10), ἤρα τῆς..γυναικός [[Herodotus|Hdt.]] 9.108, etc.: c. acc. cogn., ἐρᾶν ἔρωτα E.''Hipp.''32, Pl.''Smp.''181b: abs., [[ἐρῶν]] = a [[lover]], [[varia lectio|v.l.]] in Pi.''O.''1.80 (pl.), S.''Fr.''149.8 (pl.); opp. ἡ [[ἐρωμένη]] = [[the beloved one]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]3.31, S.E.''P.''3.196; [ὁ] [[ἐρώμενος]] X.''Smp.''8.36, Pl.''Phdr.''239a, cf. [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[The Knights|Eq.]]''737 (pl.); <b class="b3">τὸν ἐρώμενον αὐτοῦ</b>, Lat. [[delicias ejus]], Arist.''Pol.''1303b23.<br><span class="bld">2</span> 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 [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Metaphysics|Metaph.]]''1072b3.<br><span class="bld">II</span> 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 [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[Acharnians|Ach.]]''146; πληροῦσθαι Pl.''Phlb.''35a.(B) [[pour forth]], [[vomit]], ἐρᾶσαι· κενῶσαι, [[Hesychius Lexicographus|Hsch.]]: usually in compds., ἀπὸ σφαγὴν ἐρῶν A.''Ag.''1599, cf. [[ἀπεράω]], [[ἐξεράω]], [[κατεράω]], [[κατεξεράω]], [[μετεράω]], [[συνεράω]].