Erythrae

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

Ĕrȳ̆thrae, ārum, f., = Ἐρυθραί.

I A city of Boeotia , near Mount Cithaeron , Plin. 4, 7, 12, § 26; Stat. Th. 7, 265.—By it was founded,

II One of the twelve chief cities of Ionia , Plin. 31, 2, 10, § 14; Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 19, § 49; Liv. 44, 28.—Hence,

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.—

III The port of the city of Eupalium , in Locris , on the Gulf of Corinth , Liv. 28, 8.

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