ἐρῶν

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.rɔ̂ːn/ → /eˈron/ → /eˈron/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.rɔ̂ːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /eˈron/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /eˈron/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /eˈron/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /eˈron/

Participle

ἐρῶν • (erôn) m (feminine ἐρῶσᾰ, neuter ἐρῶν); first/third declension

1. contracted present active participle of ἐρᾰ́ω (eráō)

Declension

First and third declension of ἐρῶν; ἐρῶσᾰ; ἐρῶν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἐρῶν erôn	ἐρῶσᾰ erôsa	ἐρῶν erôn		ἐρῶντε erônte	ἐρώσᾱ erṓsā	ἐρῶντε erônte		ἐρῶντες erôntes	ἐρῶσαι erôsai	ἐρῶντᾰ erônta
Genitive		ἐρῶντος erôntos	ἐρώσης erṓsēs	ἐρῶντος erôntos		ἐρώντοιν erṓntoin	ἐρώσαιν erṓsain	ἐρώντοιν erṓntoin		ἐρώντων erṓntōn	ἐρωσῶν erōsôn	ἐρώντων erṓntōn
Dative		ἐρῶντῐ erônti	ἐρώσῃ erṓsēi	ἐρῶντῐ erônti		ἐρώντοιν erṓntoin	ἐρώσαιν erṓsain	ἐρώντοιν erṓntoin		ἐρῶσῐ / ἐρῶσῐν erôsi(n)	ἐρώσαις erṓsais	ἐρῶσῐ / ἐρῶσῐν erôsi(n)
Accusative		ἐρῶντᾰ erônta	ἐρῶσᾰν erôsan	ἐρῶν erôn		ἐρῶντε erônte	ἐρώσᾱ erṓsā	ἐρῶντε erônte		ἐρῶντᾰς erôntas	ἐρώσᾱς erṓsās	ἐρῶντᾰ erônta
Vocative		ἐρῶν erôn	ἐρῶσᾰ erôsa	ἐρῶν erôn		ἐρῶντε erônte	ἐρώσᾱ erṓsā	ἐρῶντε erônte		ἐρῶντες erôntes	ἐρῶσαι erôsai	ἐρῶντᾰ erônta
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		ἐρώντως erṓntōs				—				—
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Noun

ἐρῶν • (erôn) m (genitive ἐρῶντος); third declension

1. he who loves with sexual passion, a lover
   • 522 BCE – 443 BCE, Pindar, Olympian Ode 1.80
   • 497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Fragments 149.8

Declension

Third declension of ὁ ἐρῶν; τοῦ ἐρῶντος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἐρῶν ho erôn	τὼ ἐρῶντε tṑ erônte	οἱ ἐρῶντες hoi erôntes
Genitive	τοῦ ἐρῶντος toû erôntos	τοῖν ἐρώντοιν toîn erṓntoin	τῶν ἐρώντων tôn erṓntōn
Dative	τῷ ἐρῶντῐ tôi erônti	τοῖν ἐρώντοιν toîn erṓntoin	τοῖς ἐρῶσῐ / ἐρῶσῐν toîs erôsi(n)
Accusative	τὸν ἐρῶντᾰ tòn erônta	τὼ ἐρῶντε tṑ erônte	τοὺς ἐρῶντᾰς toùs erôntas
Vocative	ἐρῶν erôn	ἐρῶντε erônte	ἐρῶντες erôntes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms

• (lover): ἐρᾰστής (erastḗs)

References

• “ἐρῶν”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press