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ἔρως

eros

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Where it lives

Densest 12 of 52 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

In the wild

6 of 406 attestations shown. Ask for more.

Where it came from

  • Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. ἔρως (scan pp. 516-517; entry #2286). Root candidates: *erowéto-, *erwoto-, *erwéta-.
  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. ἔρως (scan p. 378; entry #2671).
  • Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. ἔρως (scan pp. 605-606; entry #2153).

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