ἐράω,
__A used in active only in present and imperfect (which in Poetry are ἔραμαι, ἠράμην), Ionic dialect ἐρέω [[ 7th c.BC: Archilochus Lyricus 25.3 ] Refs 7th c.BC+]: imperfect [[ ἤρων 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.108, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “fragment” 161, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ach.” 146:] Refs 5th c.BC+] —passive, [[ ἀντ-ερᾶται Xenophon Historicus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Symposium” 8.3 ] Refs 6th c.BC+]; optative [[ ἐρῷο [prev\. author] “Hier.” 11.11 ] Refs]; infinitive [[ ἐρᾶσθαι Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus [{1-2nd c.AD}] “Brutus” 29 ] Refs 1st c.AD+], etc.; participle ἐρώμενος (see. below):— also ἐράομαι, 3rd.person etc for 1st.person, 2nd.person singular [[ ἐρᾶται Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus [{1-2nd c.AD}] 2.753b, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Gym.” 48 (ἐράασθε see entry ἔραμαι): all other tenses will be found under ἔραμαι] Refs 1st c.AD+]:—love, with genitive person, properly of the sexual passion, to be in love with [[(οὐκ ἐρᾷ ἀδελφὸς ἀδελφῆς..οὐδὲ πατὴρ θυγατρός Xenophon Historicus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 5.1.10), ἤρα τῆς..γυναικός 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.108 ] Refs 6th c.BC+], etc.: with accusative cognate, [[ ἐρᾶν ἔρωτα 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 32, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Smp.” 181b: _absolutely_, ἐρῶν] Refs 5th c.BC+] a lover, variant in [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 1.80 (_plural_), 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “fragment” 149.8 (_plural_); opposed to ἡ ἐρωμένη _the beloved one,_ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.31, 2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “P.” 3.196; [ὁ] ἐρώμενος Xenophon Historicus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Symposium” 8.36, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phdr.” 239a, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Eq.” 737 (_plural_); τὸν ἐρώμενον αὐτοῦ,] Refs 6th c.BC+] Latin delicias ejus, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Pol.” 1303b23. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]