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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Feminine of adjective Ἐρυθραῖος (Eruthraîos), ultimately from ἐρυθρός (eruthrós, “red”). Substantivised by ellipsis of a noun e.g. χώρα f (khṓra, “land, country”) for the peninsula of Asia Minor where Ἐρυθραί f (Eruthraí, “the Ionian city of Erythrae”) was situated.
Also, with the sense as in the phrase Ἐρυθρὰ θάλασσα (Eruthrà thálassa) (in Herodous Ἐρυθρὴ θάλασσα (Eruthrḕ thálassa) literally Red Sea.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /e.ry.tʰrǎi̯.aː/ → /e.ryˈθrɛ.a/ → /e.riˈθre.a/
Adjective
Ἐρυθραίᾱ • (Eruthraíā)
- inflection of Ἐρυθραῖος (Eruthraîos):
- nominative/vocative singular feminine
- nominative/accusative/vocative dual feminine
Proper noun
Ἐρῠθραίᾱ • (Eruthraíā) f (genitive Ἐρῠθραίᾱς); first declension
- Erythraea, the land of Erythrae
Inflection
Descendants
- > Greek: Ερυθραία (Erythraía) (inherited) for the land in Asia Minor
- → Latin: Erythraea
For the African country, most other languages' forms of the name derive from the Italian form.
Further reading
- “ἐρυθραῖος”, “Ἐρυθραῖος”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
- Ἐρυθραία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette