Ancient Greek

• (4th AD Koine) IPA^(key): /erastís/

• (10th AD Byzantine) IPA^(key): /erastís/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /eɾastís/

Noun

ἐραστής • ‎(erastḗs) m ‎(genitive ἐραστοῦ); first declension

1. lover
2. fan, adherent, admirer

Inflection

References

• ἐραστής in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἐραστής in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• «ἐραστής» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English-Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • admirer idem, page 12.
  • adorer idem, page 13.
  • desirer idem, page 216.
  • devotee idem, page 221.
  • lover idem, page 502.
  • swain idem, page 846.
  • sweetheart idem, page 848.
  • votary idem, page 957.