eros

See also: éros, erős, Eros, Éros, and EROS

Contents

English

Etymology

Ancient Greek ἔρως (érōs, “love, desire”).

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɪəɹɒs/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈɛɹoʊs/

Noun

eros (usually uncountable, plural erotes)

1. A winged figure of a child representing love and/or its power
2. Physical love; sexual desire
3. a type of love that seeks fulfillment without violation or something else
4. (psychiatry) libido
5. (psychiatry) collective instincts for self-preservation; life drive

Antonyms

• (life drive): death drive, Thanatos

Translations

physical love; sexual desire

• Japanese: 性愛 (せいあい, seiai)

Anagrams

• 'orse, ROEs, Roes, Rose, ores, orse, roes, rose, rosé, sero-, sore, öres

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Latin

Noun

erōs

1. accusative plural of erus

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Spanish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἔρως (érōs, “love, desire”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeɾos/

Noun

eros m (uncountable)

1. eros; sexual desire
2. (psychiatry) libido

Synonyms

• (libido): libido

Related terms

• erótico
• erógeno

Further reading

• “eros” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.