eros Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun (Greek mythology) god of love; son of Aphrodite; identified with Roman Cupid
  2. noun a desire for sexual intimacy
    concupiscence; physical attraction; sexual desire.

WordNet

E"ros noun
Etymology
L., fr. Gr. love, (personified) Eros, fr. to love.
Definitions
  1. (Greek Myth.) Love; the god of love; -- by earlier writers represented as one of the first and creative gods, by later writers as the son of Aphrodite, equivalent to the Latin god Cupid.

Webster 1913