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"Passionate" lyrist of myth
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erato
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Word definitions for erato in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
muse who presided over lyric poetry, literally "the Lovely," from Greek erastos "loved, beloved; lovely, charming," verbal adjective of eran "to love, to be in love with" (see Eros ).
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Erato \Er"a*to\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? to love.] (Class. Myth.) The Muse who presided over lyric and amatory poetry.
Usage examples of erato.
White hand Eunica, proud Dynamene,Ioyous Thalia, goodly Amphitrite,Louely Pasithee, kinde Eulimene,Lifht goote Cymothoe, and sweete Melite,Fairest Pherusa, Phao lilly white,Wondred Agaue, Poris, and Nesæa,With Erato that doth in loue delite,And Panopæ, and wise Protomedæa,And snowy neckd Doris, and milkewhite Galathæa.