ἐράω

ἐράω (A), used in [voice] Act. only in [tense] pres. and [tense] impf. (which in Poetry are ἔραμαι, ἠράμην), [dialect] Ion. [full] ἐρέω Archil.25.3 : [tense] impf.

A

ἤρων Hdt.9.108

, E.Fr. 161, Ar.Ach.146:—[voice] Pass.,

ἀντ-ερᾶται X.Smp.8.3

; opt.

ἐρῷο Id.Hier.11.11

; inf.

ἐρᾶσθαι Plu.Brut.29

, etc.; part. ἐρώμενος (v. infr.):— also [full] ἐράομαι, [ per.] 3sg.

ἐρᾶται Plu.2.753b

, Philostr.Gym.48 (ἐράασθε v. sub ἔραμαι): all other tenses will be found under ἔραμαι:—love, c. gen. pers., prop. of the sexual passion, to be in love with (

οὐκ ἐρᾷ ἀδελφὸς ἀδελφῆς..οὐδὲ πατὴρ θυγατρός X.Cyr.5.1.10

),

ἤρα τῆς..γυναικός Hdt. 9.108

, etc.: c. acc. cogn.,

ἐρᾶν ἔρωτα E.Hipp.32

, Pl.Smp.181b : abs., ἐρῶν a lover, v.l. in Pi.O.1.80 (pl.), S.Fr.149.8 (pl.); opp.

ἡ ἐρωμένη

the beloved one,

Hdt.3.31

, S.E.P.3.196 ;

[ὁ] ἐρώμενος X.Smp.8.36

, Pl.Phdr.239a, cf. Ar.Eq.737 (pl.); τὸν ἐρώμενον αὐτοῦ, Lat. delicias ejus, Arist.Pol.1303b23.

2 without sexual reference, love warmly, opp.

φιλέω, οὐδ' ἤρα οὐδ' ἐφίλει Pl.Ly.222a

:—and in [voice] Pass.,

ὥστε οὐ μόνον φιλοῖο ἂν ἀλλὰ καὶ ἐρῷο X.Hier.11.11

, cf. Plu.Brut.29 ;

κινεῖ [τὸ οὗ ἕνεκα] ὡς ἐρώμενον Arist.Metaph.1072b3

.

II c. gen. rei, love or desire passionately,

τυραννίδος Archil.25.3

;

τερπνότατον τοῦ τις ἐρᾷ τὸ τυχεῖν Thgn.256

;

μάχης ἐρῶν A.Th.392

;

μόνος θεῶν γὰρ Θάνατος οὐ δώρων ἐρᾷ Id.Fr.161

;

ἀμηχάνων ἐρᾷς S.Ant.90

;

πατρίδος ἐρᾶν E. Ph.359

;

οὗ ἐπιθυμεῖ τε καὶ ἐρᾷ Pl.Smp.200a

: and c. inf., desire to do, A.Fr.44.1 ;

θανεῖν ἐρᾷ S.Ant.220

;

ἀποθανεῖν ἐρῶντες Hp.de Arte 7

;

φαγεῖν Ar.Ach.146

;

πληροῦσθαι Pl.Phlb.35a

.

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ἐράω (B),

A pour forth, vomit, ἐρᾶσαι· κενῶσαι, Hsch.: usu. in compds.,

ἀπὸ σφαγὴν ἐρῶν A.Ag.1599

, cf. ἀπ-, ἐξ-, κατ-, κατεξ-, μετ-, συν-εράω.