A.lover, prop. c. gen. pers., Ar.Eq.732, etc.
2. metaph., c. gen. rei, “τυραννίδος” Hdt.3.53 ; τῆσδε τῆς γνώμης an adherent of.., S.OT601 ; “πολέμων” E.Heracl.377 (lyr.); παίδων eager for children, Id.Supp.1088 ; πραγμάτων, = πολυπράγμων, Ar.Pax191, Nu.1459 ; τοῦ πονεῖν fond of work, Id.Pl.254 ; λόγων, νοῦ καὶ ἐπιστήμης, Pl.Phdr.228c, Ti.46d ; “ἐπαίνου” X.Cyr.1.5.12, cf. Plu.Cam.25, etc.; also “ἐ. περὶ τὸ καλὸν καὶ τῆς Ἀφροδίτης καλῆς οὔσης” Pl.Smp.203c : as fem., “ἐρασταὶ αὐτοῦ πολλαὶ πόλεις” Philostr.VS1.25.1 ; “ἐ. γυνή” Luc.Philops.15.