Anteros

Alternative forms

• anterôs, anterōs

Origin

From , reputedly coined by Plato. That in turn comes from ἀντί ("against") + ἔρως ("love"), hence the translation as counterlove.

Full definition of anteros

Noun

1. (chiefly historical, Ancient Greece) The counterlove or affectionate response a philerast gives to the love of an erastes.

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