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Eros en · PROPN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈɛɹɒs/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἔρως (Érōs).

Meanings

  1. (Greek) The god of love and sexual desire; son of either Erebus and Nyx or Aphrodite and Ares. His Roman counterpart is Cupid.
    • I'm not just talking about sexually transmitted diseases, though Eros-knows there's precious little information about them available to gay men. 1981 August 1, Ron Vachon, “To Your Health”, in Gay Community News, page 13:
  2. 433 Eros, an asteroid.

Forms

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Eroses Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

erotic

Relateds

Cupid

Translations (48)

ka ეროსი (God of love) · sh Ерос (God of love) · be Э́рас (433 Eros (asteroid)) · ar إِيرُوس (433 Eros (asteroid)) · el Έρως (God of love) · cmn 厄羅斯 /厄罗斯 (God of love) · de Eros (God of love) · ru Э́рос (God of love) · bg Е́рос (433 Eros (asteroid)) · bg Е́рос (God of love) · uk Е́рос (433 Eros (asteroid)) · mr एरॉस (God of love) · es Eros (God of love) · uk Е́рос (God of love) · fi Eros (God of love) · fa اروس (God of love) · ja エロース (433 Eros (asteroid)) · ca Eros (God of love) · cs Erós (God of love) · pt Eros (God of love) · hi ईरोस (God of love) · hu Erósz (God of love) · cmn 厄洛斯 (God of love) · fr Éros (433 Eros (asteroid)) · grc Ἔρως (God of love) · la Eros (God of love) · ru Эро́т (God of love) · lv Erots (God of love) · ko 에로스 (God of love) · sw Erosi (God of love) · pl Eros (God of love) · it Eros (God of love) · ko 에로스 (433 Eros (asteroid)) · lt Erotas (God of love) · ar إِيرُوس (God of love) · mr ईरॉस (God of love) · ru Э́рос (433 Eros (asteroid)) · ja エロース (God of love) · fr Éros (God of love) · ga Earós (God of love) · sh Eros (God of love) · el Έρωτας (God of love) · hy Էրոս (God of love) · eo Eroso (God of love) · be Э́рас (God of love) · nl Eros (God of love) · de Eros (433 Eros (asteroid)) · cmn 愛神星 /爱神星 (433 Eros (asteroid))

wikidata: Q121973 · wikidata: Q16711