Ἔρως

See also: έρως, Έρως, and ἔρως

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἔρως (érōs, “love”).

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Ἔρως • (Érōs) m (genitive Ἔρωτος); third declension

  1. (Greek mythology) Eros

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Ἔρως; τοῦ Ἔρωτος (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ὁ Ἔρως
ho Érōs
Genitive τοῦ Ἔρωτος
toû Érōtos
Dative τῷ Ἔρωτῐ
tōî Érōtĭ
Accusative τὸν Ἔρωτᾰ
tòn Érōtă
Vocative Ἔρως
Érōs
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
  • Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ts.

Descendants

  • Greek: Έρως (Éros), Έρωτας (Érotas)
  • Latin: Erōs
  • → Russian: Эро́т (Erót), Э́рос (Éros)

References

  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,007
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