EROS

Eros

(noun) (Greek mythology) god of love; son of Aphrodite; identified with Roman Cupid

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

eros (usually uncountable, plural erotes)

A winged figure of a child representing love and/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

• (life drive): death drive, Thanatos

Anagrams

• 'orse, ROEs, Roes, Rose, ores, orse, roes, rose, rosé, sero-, sore, öres

Etymology

Proper noun

Eros

(Greek god) The god of love and sexual desire; son of either Erebus and Nyx or Aphrodite and Ares. His Roman counterpart is Cupid.

433 Eros, an asteroid

Anagrams

• 'orse, ROEs, Roes, Rose, ores, orse, roes, rose, rosé, sero-, sore, öres

Proper noun

EROS

Acronym of Earth Resources Observation Satellite.

Anagrams

• 'orse, ROEs, Roes, Rose, ores, orse, roes, rose, rosé, sero-, sore, öres

Source: Wiktionary


E"ros, n. Etym: [L., fr. Gr. (Greek Myth.)

Definition: Love; the god of love; -- by earlier writers represented as one of the first and creative gods, by later writers as the son of Aphrodite, equivalent to the Latin god Cupid.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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