ἐραστής
Ancient Greek
noun
Definitions
- lover, erastes
- fan, adherent, admirer
Etymology
Suffix from Ancient Greek ἐράω (love).
Origin
Ancient Greek
ἐράω
Gloss
love
Concept
Semantic Field
Kinship
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
愛, 恋
Emoji
❤️ 🏩 👨❤️👨 👩❤️👨 👩❤️👩 👰♀️ 💋 💌 💑 💒 💓 💕 💖 💗 💘 💝 😍 😘 😚 😻 🤟 🤰 🤱 🫂
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- erastes English
- pédéraste French
- παιδεραστής Ancient Greek
- παῖς Ancient Greek
- ἐράω Ancient Greek
- *peh₂w- Proto-Indo-European
- pæderast Danish
- εραστής Greek (modern)
- παιδεραστής Greek (modern)
- პედერასტი Georgian