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English
Etymology
From Latin Erythrae, from Ancient Greek Ἐρυθραί (Eruthraí).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɛɹɪˌθɹiː/
- Hyphenation: Er‧y‧thrae
Proper noun
Erythrae
- (historical) A town of Boeotia situated a little south of the Asopus
- (historical) A town of Locris and port of Eupalium
- (historical) A city of the Ionians
Derived terms
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἐρυθραί (Eruthraí).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Erȳthrae f pl (genitive Erȳthrārum); first declension
- Erythrae (town of Boeotia situated a little south of the Asopus)
- Erythrae (town of Locris and port of Eupalium)
- Erythrae (city of the Ionians)
Declension
First-declension noun, with locative, plural only.
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “Erythrae”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Erythrae”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- Erythrae in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.