eranus

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

ĕrănus, i, m., = ἔρανος,

a fund contributed for mutual protection against want : concessum est eranum habere ... si tali conlatione non ad turbas et ad inlicitos coetus, sed ad sustinendam tenuiorum inopiam utuntur, Plin. Ep. 10, 93; cf. ib. 92; Tert. Apol. 39.