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ἐραστής (erastes): all forms

ἐραστής means “lover”. Below is its full declension in Ancient Greek.

Forms

Forms, singular
Masculine
Nominativeἐραστής
Genitiveἐραστοῦ
Dativeἐραστῇ
Accusativeἐραστήν
Vocativeἐραστά · ἐραστῆ
Forms, plural
Masculine
Nominativeἐρασταί
Genitiveἐραστῶν
Dativeἐρασταῖς
Accusativeἐραστάς
Vocativeἐρασταί

Meaning and examples of ἐραστής

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Liddell-Scott-Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.