Erythrae

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English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin Erythrae, from Ancient Greek Ἐρυθραί (Eruthraí).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɛɹɪˌθɹiː/
  • Hyphenation: Er‧y‧thrae

Proper noun

Erythrae

  1. (historical) A town of Boeotia situated a little south of the Asopus
  2. (historical) A town of Locris and port of Eupalium
  3. (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

  1. Erythrae (town of Boeotia situated a little south of the Asopus)
  2. Erythrae (town of Locris and port of Eupalium)
  3. Erythrae (city of the Ionians)

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, plural only.

Case Plural
Nominative Erȳthrae
Genitive Erȳthrārum
Dative Erȳthrīs
Accusative Erȳthrās
Ablative Erȳthrīs
Vocative Erȳthrae
Locative Erȳthrīs

Derived terms

Descendants

  • French: Érythres
  • Italian: Eritre
  • → English: Erythrae

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.
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