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phio
31st January 2008, 01:33 AM
eros in greek
Is one of these more correct and more widely accepted?
ερωσ
ἔρωσ
yanni
31st January 2008, 06:20 AM
The more "correct" is ἔρωσ but we don't use these diacritics any more, unfortunately.
ερωσ is what you need to keep and that is more of a formal word nowdays.
Ερωτας and 'Ερωτας is the term for "in love".
In general, your terms will most likely get no traffic or gain much of a resale value.
phio
31st January 2008, 06:31 PM
Thanks Yanni for the help. It's interesting because eros is a good english term. What do the greeks think of the word and it's meaning. Say I wanted to develope it -- would it be good for dating, or relationship coaching, or parenting, or what?
Any ideas would be helpful, thanks
yanni
1st February 2008, 06:32 PM
If you were to develop, yes. But the Greeks use it only for it's original meaning: the ancient God of Love. It also has the meaning of "love" in ancient Greek and Greek "katharevousa", th last one fallen out of use since the mid-seventies.
But of course every Greek knows the meaning and if you were to develop it could stick. It's just that its a word not used be anyone anymore.
We use "ερωτας" for that.
I wouldn't necessarily drop the ερωσ.com, but I would make sure I'd develop if I wanted to get something out of it long term.
phio
1st February 2008, 06:54 PM
Thanks Yanni. I'd like to talk to you further when I'm ready to develop.
yanni
2nd February 2008, 08:01 AM
Anytime.
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