ἘΡΩΤΙΚΟΝ, ἐρωτικον
ERŌTIKON, erōtikon
Sounds Like: eh-roh-ti-KON
Translations: erotic, amorous, a love song, a love poem, a love affair, an erotic thing, an amorous thing
From the root: ἘΡΩΤΙΚΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective, Noun
Explanation: This word describes something related to love, especially passionate or sexual love. As an adjective, it means 'erotic' or 'amorous'. As a noun, it can refer to a love song, a love poem, or even a love affair. In its neuter singular form, it can also mean 'an erotic thing' or 'an amorous thing'. It is used to describe things that evoke or are associated with romantic or sexual desire.
Inflection: Neuter, Singular, Nominative or Accusative
Strong’s number: G2037 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 4:76
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 15 — 4:97
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἘΡΩΤΙΚΟΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ἘΡΩΤΙΚΗΝ — erotic, amorous, arousing love, pertaining to love, pertaining to sexual desire
- ἘΡΩΤΙΚΗΣ — (of) erotic, (of) amorous, (of) passionate, (of) loving
- ἘΡΩΤΙΚΟΣ — erotic, amorous, relating to love
- ἘΡΩΤΙΚΟΥΣ — erotic, amorous, passionate, a passionate one, an erotic one
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