Myth & LegendGreek → English
Erotic
Relating to sexual love or desire.
The Greek roots
Ἔρως
Érōs
god of love, desire
Literally: “of desire”
Follow a root:ἔρως3 words
The story of the word
From Eros, the god of desire — érōs was passionate love, distinct from the affection of philía.
The same roots elsewhere
Other languages reached for exactly the same Greek pieces.
In a sentence
The poems were frank and unabashedly erotic.