eros

== English == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek ἔρως (érōs, “love, desire”). === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɪə.ɹɒs/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈɛɹ.ɑs/, /ˈɪɚ.ɑs/ === Noun === eros (usually uncountable, plural erotes) 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. (psychiatry) libido (psychiatry) collective instincts for self-preservation; life drive. ==== Antonyms ==== (antonym(s) of “life drive”): death drive, Thanatos ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === Rose, reos, 'orse, REOs, ROEs, roes, RoEs, Roes, eors, orse, ores, öres, rose, sore, Reos, EORs, sero-, rosé == Basque == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /eɾos̺/ [e.ɾos̺] Rhymes: -eɾos̺, -os̺ Hyphenation: e‧ros === Etymology 1 === ==== Noun ==== eros inan (psychology) eros ===== Declension ===== === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== eros short form of erosi (“to buy”) == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɛ.roːs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈɛː.ros] === Noun === erōs accusative plural of erus == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French éros. === Noun === eros n (uncountable) eros (physical love) ==== Declension ==== == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἔρως (érōs, “love, desire”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈeɾos/ [ˈe.ɾos] Rhymes: -eɾos Syllabification: e‧ros === Noun === eros m (uncountable) eros; sexual desire (psychiatry) libido Synonym: libido ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “eros”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025