ἐράω + ἄριστος
Validation
No
Word-lemma
Word-form
ἐραστής
Transliteration (Word)
erastēs
Transliteration (Etymon)
eraō + aristos
Century
5 BCE
Source
Idem
Ref.
Phaedrus 249e1–4
Ed.
Burnet, J. (ed.) 1901. Platonis opera II. Oxford: Clarendon. / Moreschini, C. 1966 (ed.). Platonis Parmenides. Phaedrus. Athens: Edizioni dell’Ateneo
Quotation
ὡς ἄρα αὕτη πασῶν τῶν ἐνθουσιάσεων ἀρίστη τε καὶ ἐξ ἀρίστων τῷ τε ἔχοντι καὶ τῷ κοινωνοῦντι αὐτῆς γίγνεται, καὶ ὅτι ταύτης μετέχων τῆς μανίας ὁ ἐρῶν τῶν καλῶν ἐραστὴς καλεῖται
