Eros

Er·os (

, îr

1. Greek Mythology The god of love, son of Aphrodite.

2. often eros Creative, often sexual yearning, love, or desire: "The new playful eros means that impulses and modes from other spheres enter the relations between men and women" (Herbert Gold).

a. Psychiatry Sexual drive; libido.

b. The sum of all instincts for self-preservation.

[Latin Ers, from Greek, from ers, sexual love.]

Eros [ˈɪərɒs ˈɛrɒs]

1. (Myth & Legend / Classical Myth & Legend) Greek myth the god of love, son of Aphrodite Roman counterpart Cupid

2. (Psychoanalysis) Also called life instinct (in Freudian theory) the group of instincts, esp sexual, that govern acts of self-preservation and that tend towards uninhibited enjoyment of life Compare Thanatos

[Greek: desire, sexual love]

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Noun	1.	Eros - (Greek mythology) god of love; son of Aphrodite; identified with Roman Cupid Greek mythology - the mythology of the ancient Greeks
	2.	eros - a desire for sexual intimacy concupiscence, physical attraction, sexual desire desire - the feeling that accompanies an unsatisfied state erotic love, sexual love, love - a deep feeling of sexual desire and attraction; "their love left them indifferent to their surroundings"; "she was his first love" aphrodisia - a desire for heterosexual intimacy anaphrodisia - decline or absence of sexual desire passion - a feeling of strong sexual desire sensualism, sensuality, sensualness - desire for sensual pleasures amativeness, sexiness, amorousness, eroticism, erotism - the arousal of feelings of sexual desire fetish - a form of sexual desire in which gratification depends to an abnormal degree on some object or item of clothing or part of the body; "common male fetishes are breasts, legs, hair, shoes, and underwear" libido - (psychoanalysis) a Freudian term for sexual urge or desire lecherousness, lust, lustfulness - a strong sexual desire nymphomania - abnormally intense sexual desire in women satyriasis - abnormally intense sexual desire in men the hots - intense sexual desire

Translations

Eros [ˈɪərɒs] N → Eros

Eros [ˈiːrɒs] n → Eros m

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Amativeness Amor Amorousness anaphrodisia aphrodisia concupiscence Cupid Eros-433 erotic love eroticism erotism lecherousness libido lustfulness Marcuse Patmore physical attraction satyriasis sensualism	He may be a shepherd in Arcadia for aught he knows, he may be the first youth kissing the first maiden, he may be Eros himself, sipping the lips of Psyche--it is all one. Adam Bede by Eliot, George View in context The chief landmarks in the poem are as follows: after the first 103 lines, which contain at least three distinct preludes, three primeval beings are introduced, Chaos, Earth, and Eros -- here an indefinite reproductive influence. Collection Of Hesiod, Homer and Homerica by Homer View in context Under the chaplain's guidance they selected many hideous presents and mementoes-- florid little picture-frames that seemed fashioned in gilded pastry; other little frames, more severe, that stood on little easels, and were carven out of oak; a blotting book of vellum; a Dante of the same material; cheap mosaic brooches, which the maids, next Christmas, would never tell from real; pins, pots, heraldic saucers, brown art-photographs; Eros and Psyche in alabaster; St. A Room With A View by Forster, E. M. View in context	Ernst Cassirer Ernst Heinrich Haeckel Ernst Heinrich Weber Ernst Lubitsch Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Ernst Mach Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann Ernst Theodor Wilhelm Hoffmann Ernst Werner von Siemens ERO erode Eroded Erodent eroding Erodium Erodium cicutarium Erodium moschatum Erodium texanum Erogate Erogation erogenous erogenous zone Erolia Erolia alpina Erolia minutilla Eros Eros-433 erose erose leaf erosion erosive Erostrate erotema Eroteme erotesis erotetic erotic erotic love erotica erotically eroticism eroticize eroticomania erotism erotize eroto- erotogenic erotographomania erotology erotomania erotophobia	erogenous erogenous erogenous erogenous zone erogenous zone erogenous zone erogenous zone erogenous zone Erogenous zones Erogenous zones EROHS EROI Erol Erolia Erolia alpina Erolia minutilla EROM eRomania Gateway Eromenos Eromenos EROMM Eronnut Vakinaisesta Palveluksesta EROO EROP EROPA Erophaca baetica Erophila verna Eropkin, Petr Eropkin, Petr Mikhailovich EROPS Eros Eros and Psyche EROS Data Center Eros statue EROS-2000 Eros-433 erose erose erose leaf erosely erosely EROSH erosion erosion erosion erosion erosion Erosion (dental) Erosion and Sediment Control Erosion and Sediment Control Inspection List Erosion and Sediment Control Plan Erosion and Sedimentation Erosion Control Blanket Excelsior Erosion Control Mat Erosion Control Products Erosion Control Technology Council erosion cycle Erosion of Metals erosion pavement erosion platform Erosion Preventative Vegetation

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Amativeness
Amor
Amorousness
anaphrodisia
aphrodisia
concupiscence
Cupid
Eros-433
erotic love
eroticism
erotism
lecherousness
libido
lustfulness
Marcuse
Patmore
physical attraction
satyriasis
sensualism

He may be a shepherd in Arcadia for aught he knows, he may be the first youth kissing the first maiden, he may be Eros himself, sipping the lips of Psyche--it is all one.

Adam Bede by Eliot, George View in context

The chief landmarks in the poem are as follows: after the first 103 lines, which contain at least three distinct preludes, three primeval beings are introduced, Chaos, Earth, and Eros -- here an indefinite reproductive influence.

Collection Of Hesiod, Homer and Homerica by Homer View in context

Under the chaplain's guidance they selected many hideous presents and mementoes-- florid little picture-frames that seemed fashioned in gilded pastry; other little frames, more severe, that stood on little easels, and were carven out of oak; a blotting book of vellum; a Dante of the same material; cheap mosaic brooches, which the maids, next Christmas, would never tell from real; pins, pots, heraldic saucers, brown art-photographs; Eros and Psyche in alabaster; St.

A Room With A View by Forster, E. M. View in context

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