- ἐραστής
- a lover
- a lover , properly of persons, [5th/4th c.BC], etc.:—;metaph. of things, τυραννίδος [Refs 5th c.BC]; πολέμων [Refs 5th c.BC]; ἐρ. πραγμάτων = πολυπράγμων, [5th/4th c.BC]; ἐρ. τοῦ πονεῖν fond of work, [5th/4th c.BC]; ἐρ. ἐπαίνου [5th/4th c.BC] (ML)