ἐραστ-ής, οῦ, ὁ,
(ἔραμαι) lover, properly with genitive person, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Eq.” 732, etc. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__b admirer, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Men.” 70b, “Ly.” 222a, “Prt.” 317c. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 metaphorically, with genitive of things, [[ τυραννίδος 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.53 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τῆσδε τῆς γνώμης an adherent of.., [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “OT” 601; πολέμων 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 377 ] Refs 5th c.BC+] (Lyric poetry); παίδων eager for children, [[ [prev\. author] “Supp.” 1088; πραγμάτων, ={πολυπράγμων}, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 191, “Nu.” 1459; τοῦ πονεῖν] Refs 5th c.BC+] fond of work, [[ [prev\. author] “Pl.” 254; λόγων, νοῦ καὶ ἐπιστήμης, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phdr.” 228c, “Ti.” 46d; ἐπαίνου Xenophon Historicus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.5.12, compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Cam.” 25, etc.; also ἐ. περὶ τὸ καλὸν καὶ τῆς Ἀφροδίτης καλῆς οὔσης Plato Philosophus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Symposium” 203c ] Refs 6th c.BC+]: as feminine, [[ ἐρασταὶ αὐτοῦ πολλαὶ πόλεις Philostratus Sophista [{2-3rd c.AD}] “Vitae Sophistarum” 1.25.1; ἐ. γυνή 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Philops.” 15 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+].