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E⋅ros

  [eer-os, er-os]
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–noun, plural E⋅ro⋅tes  [uh-roh-teez] for 2, 3.
1. the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
2. a representation of this god.
3. a winged figure of a child representing love or the power of love.
4. (sometimes lowercase) physical love; sexual desire. Compare agape 2 (def. 2).
5. Astronomy. an asteroid that approaches to within 14 million miles (22 1/2 million km) of the earth once every 44 years.
6. Psychiatry.
a. the libido.
b. instincts for self-preservation collectively.
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Er·os   (ěr'ŏs', îr'-)   
n.  

  1. Greek Mythology The god of love, son of Aphrodite.

  2. often eros Creative, often sexual yearning, love, or desire: "The new playful eros means that impulses and modes from other spheres enter the relations between men and women" (Herbert Gold).

    1. Psychiatry Sexual drive; libido.

    2. The sum of all instincts for self-preservation.


[Latin Erōs, from Greek, from erōs, sexual love.]
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Cultural Dictionary

Eros [(air-os, eer-os)]

[Roman name Cupid]

A Greek and Roman god of love, often called the son of Aphrodite. He is better known by his Roman name.

Note: The word erotic comes from the Greek word eros, which is the term for sexual love itself, as well as the god's name.
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Word Origin & History

Eros 
god of love, c.1386, from Gk., lit. "love," related to eran "to love," erasthai "to love, desire," of unknown origin. Freudian sense of "urge to self-preservation and sexual pleasure" is from 1922. Ancient Gk. distinguished four different kinds of love: eros "sexual love;" phileo "have affection for;" agapao "have regard for, be contented with;" and stergo, used especially of the love of parents and children or a ruler and his subjects.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: Eros
Pronunciation: 'e(&)r-"äs, 'i(&)r-
Function: noun
: the sum of life-preserving instincts that are manifested as impulses togratify basic needs (as sex), as sublimated impulses motivated by the same needs, and as impulses to protect and preserve the body and mind called also life instinct; —compare DEATH INSTINCT
Eros, Greek mythological character. Eros was the son of Aphrodite. As the Greek god of love heexcited erotic love in gods and mortals with his arrows and torches.
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Medical Dictionary

Eros E·ros or e·ros (ěr'ŏs, ēr'-)
n.

  1. In psychoanalytic theory, the sum of all instincts for self-preservation.

  2. Sexual drive; libido.

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Abbreviations & Acronyms
EROS
Earth Resources Observing Satellite
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