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E⋅ros

   [eer-os, er-os]
–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'-)  Pronunciation Key 
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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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.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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eros

noun
1. (Greek mythology) god of love; son of Aphrodite; identified with Roman Cupid 
2. a desire for sexual intimacy [syn: sexual desire] 

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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.

[Chapter:] Mythology and Folklore


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Eros, LA (town, FIPS 24215) Location: 32.39222 N, 92.42431 W
Population (1990): 177 (76 housing units)
Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 71238

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Eros

E"ros\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ? love, ? (personified) Eros, fr. ? to love.] (Greek Myth.) 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.

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EROS
Earth Resources Observing Satellite

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