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eros
/ˈɛɹ.ɑs/
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What does eros mean?
noun
- A winged figure of a child representing love or its power.
- Physical love; sexual desire.
- a type of love that seeks fulfillment without violation or something else.
More meanings (6)
noun
- libido
- collective instincts for self-preservation; life drive.
- plural of ERO
proper noun
- The god of love and sexual desire; son of either Erebus and Nyx or Aphrodite and Ares. His Roman counterpart is Cupid.
- 433 Eros, an asteroid.
- Acronym of Earth Resources Observation Satellite.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈɛɹ.ɑs/
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It was introduced as lymph on the dart of Eros, and eventually permeated and coloured her whole constitution.
My queen and Eros Have by their brave instruction got upon me A nobleness in record.
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The great mother-god, Venus, Urania, quivers and thrills as she holds forth her offspring--the angel, the young Eros of life eternal.
Christianity gave Eros poison to drink; he did not die of it, certainly, but degenerated to Vice.
We had drawn the God Eros from that wave, and now we felt that he had enkindled within us the fiery souls of our forefathers.