EROS

noun Etymology: Greek Erōs, from erōs sexual love; akin to Greek erasthai to love, desire Date: 14th century the Greek god of erotic love, the sum of life-preserving instincts that are manifested as impulses to gratify basic needs, as sublimated impulses, and as impulses to protect and preserve the body and mind, 3. love conceived in the philosophy of Plato as a fundamental creative impulse having a sensual element, erotic love or desire