Ĕrȳ̆thras, ae, m., = Ἐρύθρας,
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.,
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.