[Eros] n [Gk Eros, fr. eros sexual love; akin to Gk erasthai to love, desire] 1: the Greek god of erotic love--compare cupid
2: 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--compare death instinct 3 a: love conceived in the philosophy of Plato as a fundamental creative impulse having a sensual element b often not cap: erotic love or desire