Strong G7492ἐραστής

a lover , properly of persons, (Aristophanes Comicus), etc.:—;metaphorically of things, τυραννίδος (Herdotus Historicus); πολέμων (Euripides); ἐρ. πραγμάτων = πολυπράγμων, (Aristophanes Comicus); ἐρ. τοῦ πονεῖν fond of work, (Aristophanes Comicus); ἐρ. ἐπαίνου (Xenophon Historicus) (ML)