Erythraea

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Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek Ἐρῠθραίᾱ (Erŭthraíā), feminine of Ἐρυθραῖος (Eruthraîos, “Erythraean”, itself from Ἐρυθραί (Eruthraí, “Erythrae”) +‎ -αῖος (-aîos)).

Proper noun

Erythraea f sg (genitive Erythraeae); first declension

the territory of Erythrae, Beotia

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Erythraea
genitive	Erythraeae
dative	Erythraeae
accusative	Erythraeam
ablative	Erythraeā
vocative	Erythraea

References

Erythraea in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from Italian Eritrea, the latter of which was first used as an ellipsis of la Colonia eritrea (“Italian Eritrea”, literally “the Erythraean colony”), from eritrea, feminine of eritreo (“Erythraean (of or relating to the Erythraean Sea)”), from Latin erythraeus (“reddish”), from Ancient Greek ἐρυθρός (eruthrós, “red”).

Proper noun

Erythraea f sg (genitive Erythraeae); first declension

(New Latin) Eritrea (a country in Africa)

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Erythraea
genitive	Erythraeae
dative	Erythraeae
accusative	Erythraeam
ablative	Erythraeā
vocative	Erythraea

Descendants

→ German: Erythräa

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