Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- n. Greek Mythology The Muse of lyric poetry and mime.
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- proper n. The Muse of lyric poetry, particularly of love and eroticism.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- n. The Muse who presided over lyric and amatory poetry.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. In Gr. mythology, one of the Muses.
- n. [NL.] In zoology, a genus of cowries, of the family Cypræidæ.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- n. (Greek mythology) the Muse of lyric and love poetry
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Looking at SocialMention see below, I see that as of October 20 the word "Erato" suddenly blows up, and its connotation of "Swedish singers" blows away all others, such as "classical record label".
Spencer Critchley: How Viral Works: Tracing the Take-off of Erato's "Call Your Girlfriend"
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Released on the classical label Erato, Giordano mixes arias with contemporary songs such as the Ennio Morricone / Roger Waters "Lost Boys Calling" from the 1999 Golden Globe-winning movie The Legend of 1900.
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Erato got trapped in a sandpit and was gradually buried, never to be heard from again.
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Do not promote it, share it the Erato members told The Local they didn't know how to post to YouTube, just Facebook.
Spencer Critchley: How Viral Works: Tracing the Take-off of Erato's "Call Your Girlfriend"
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The singers, Amanda Wikström, Petra Brohäll and Ebba Lovisa, recorded the video to share on Facebook with the other members of Erato.
Spencer Critchley: How Viral Works: Tracing the Take-off of Erato's "Call Your Girlfriend"
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The singers, Amanda Wikström, Petra Brohäll and Ebba Lovisa, recorded the video to share on Facebook with the other members of Erato.
Spencer Critchley: How Viral Works: Tracing the Take-off of Erato's "Call Your Girlfriend"
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Here's Social Mention's report on a search for "Erato" including my enthusiastic tweet:
Spencer Critchley: How Viral Works: Tracing the Take-off of Erato's "Call Your Girlfriend"
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Are finally calm, you will see them as Erato, muse of love poems
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The creature named Erato did not punish him with more memories after that.
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Blue and brilliant, he searched the nectar of a poppy, but Erato easily distracted him.
bilby commented on the word Erato
Not to be confused with Errato, Muse of being in love with the wrong person.
December 16, 2015