Definition of "eros"

eros

/ˈɪə.ɹɒs/

noun
usually uncountable, plural erotes
1. A winged figure of a child representing love or its power.
2. Physical love; sexual desire.
  Quotations
  He would introduce her to the wonders of eros; she would bloom under his expert tutelage.
  2008, Preeta Samarasan, Evening is the Whole Day, Fourth Estate, page 54
3. a type of love that seeks fulfillment without violation or something else.
4. (psychiatry) libido
5. (psychiatry) collective instincts for self-preservation; life drive.