eros
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Ancient Greek ἔρως (érōs, “love, desire”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
eros (usually uncountable, plural erotes)
- A winged figure of a child representing love and/or its power
- Physical love; sexual desire
- a type of love that seeks fulfillment without violation or something else
- (psychiatry) libido
- (psychiatry) collective instincts for self-preservation; life drive
AntonymsEdit
- (life drive): death drive, Thanatos
TranslationsEdit
physical love; sexual desire
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AnagramsEdit
BasqueEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
NounEdit
eros inan
DeclensionEdit
Declension of eros (inanimate)
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Etymology 2Edit
VerbEdit
eros
- Infinitive of erosi.
LatinEdit
NounEdit
erōs
- accusative plural of erus
SpanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Ancient Greek ἔρως (érōs, “love, desire”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
eros m (uncountable)
- eros; sexual desire
- (psychiatry) libido
- Synonym: libido
Related termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “eros” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.