Erasinus

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Latin

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἐρασῖνος (Erasînos).

Proper noun

Erasīnus m sg (genitive Erasīnī); second declension

  1. a river in Argolis, now Kefalari
Declension

Second-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

References

  • 1. Ĕrăsīnus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Erăsīnus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 597/2.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἐρασῖϝος (Erasîwos).

Proper noun

Erasīnus m sg (genitive Erasīnī); second declension

  1. a favorite boy
Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

References