ἐραστής
See also: εραστής
Ancient Greek edit
Etymology edit
ἐράω (eráō, “to love”) + -στης (-stēs, masculine agentive suffix)
Pronunciation edit
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /e.ras.tɛ̌ːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /e.rasˈte̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /e.rasˈtis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /e.rasˈtis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /e.rasˈtis/
Noun edit
ἐρᾰστής • (erastḗs) m (genitive ἐρᾰστοῦ); first declension (Attic, Ionic, Koine)
Declension edit
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ ἐρᾰστής ho erastḗs |
τὼ ἐρᾰστᾱ́ tṑ erastā́ |
οἱ ἐρᾰσταί hoi erastaí | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ἐρᾰστοῦ toû erastoû |
τοῖν ἐρᾰσταῖν toîn erastaîn |
τῶν ἐρᾰστῶν tôn erastôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ἐρᾰστῇ tôi erastêi |
τοῖν ἐρᾰσταῖν toîn erastaîn |
τοῖς ἐρᾰσταῖς toîs erastaîs | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν ἐρᾰστήν tòn erastḗn |
τὼ ἐρᾰστᾱ́ tṑ erastā́ |
τοὺς ἐρᾰστᾱ́ς toùs erastā́s | ||||||||||
Vocative | ἐρᾰστᾰ́ erastá |
ἐρᾰστᾱ́ erastā́ |
ἐρᾰσταί erastaí | ||||||||||
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Synonyms edit
- (lover): ἐρῶν (erôn)
Derived terms edit
- παιδεραστής (paiderastḗs)
Further reading edit
- “ἐραστής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἐραστής”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἐραστής in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.