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Ĕrȳ̆thrae, ārum, f., = Ἐρυθραί.

  1. I. A city of Boeotia, near Mount Cithaeron, Plin. 4, 7, 12, § 26; Stat. Th. 7, 265.
    By it was founded,
  2. II. One of the twelve chief cities of Ionia, Plin. 31, 2, 10, § 14; Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 19, § 49; Liv. 44, 28.
    Hence,
    1. B. Ĕrȳ̆thraeus, a, um, adj., Erythraean: Sibylla, Cic. Div. 1, 18; Varr. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 6, 36: terra, Liv. 36, 45: triremes, id. 37, 11.
      Subst.: Erythraea, ae, f., the district of Erythrae, Liv. 37, 12; 44, 28.
      Erythraei, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Erythrae, id. 38, 39; Front. Strat. 2, 5, 15.
  3. III. The port of the city of Eupalium, in Locris, on the Gulf of Corinth, Liv. 28, 8.

† ĕrythraeus, a, um, adj., = ἐρυθραῖος,

  1. I. reddish: aries, Col. 7, 2 fin.; 7, 3, 2; cf. Plin. 8, 48, 73, § 191.
  2. II. As an adj. prop., v. Erythrae, II. B., and Erythras, II.

Ĕrȳ̆thras, ae, m., = Ἐρύθρας,

  1. I. a fabulous king of southern Asia (Arabia or Persia), after whom the Red Sea, or the Arabian and Persian Gulfs, were named, Mel. 3, 8, 1; Plin. 6, 23, 28, § 107; Curt. 8, 9.
    Deriv.,
  2. II. Ĕrȳ̆thraeus, a, um, adj., Erythraean: mare, the Red Sea (pure Lat. Mare rubrum), Mel., Plin., and Curt. l. l.: alga, i. e. in the Persian Gulf, Mart. 10, 16: lapilli, pearls, fished up in the Persian Gulf, id. 5, 37; cf. Stat. S. 4, 6, 18.
    Poet., in a wider sense, Indian: orae, Stat. Th. 7, 566: dens, i. e. ivory, Mart. 13, 100: triumphi, i. e. of Bacchus in India, id. 8, 26.