ἐραστ-ός, ή, όν,
={ἐρατός}, beloved, lovely, in Prose the usual form, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Smp.” 204c, “Phdr.” 250d; also in [4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus] 178.1; τόνδε δρόμον ποίησεν ἐραστόν “IG” 12.817 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: comparative, [[“AP” 12.197 (2nd c.AD: Strato Epigrammaticus). ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]