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eros

/ˈɛɹ.ɑs/

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What does eros mean?

noun

  1. A winged figure of a child representing love or its power.
  2. Physical love; sexual desire.
  3. a type of love that seeks fulfillment without violation or something else.
More meanings (6)

noun

  1. libido
  2. collective instincts for self-preservation; life drive.
  3. plural of ERO

proper noun

  1. The god of love and sexual desire; son of either Erebus and Nyx or Aphrodite and Ares. His Roman counterpart is Cupid.
  2. 433 Eros, an asteroid.
  3. Acronym of Earth Resources Observation Satellite.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈɛɹ.ɑs/

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Other dictionary pronunciations

/ˈɪɚ.ɑs/
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It was introduced as lymph on the dart of Eros, and eventually permeated and coloured her whole constitution.
Thomas HardyFar from the Madding CrowdProject Gutenberg ebook #27
My queen and Eros Have by their brave instruction got upon me A nobleness in record.
William ShakespeareThe Complete Works of William ShakespeareProject Gutenberg ebook #100
More book examples (3)
The great mother-god, Venus, Urania, quivers and thrills as she holds forth her offspring--the angel, the young Eros of life eternal.
Thomas H. Burgoyne; Belle M. WagnerThe Light of Egypt; Or, The Science of the Soul and the Stars — Volume 2Project Gutenberg ebook #1650
Christianity gave Eros poison to drink; he did not die of it, certainly, but degenerated to Vice.
Friedrich Wilhelm NietzscheBeyond Good and EvilTranslated by Helen ZimmernProject Gutenberg ebook #4363
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.
Edgar Allan PoeThe Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 2Project Gutenberg ebook #2148