Erythraea

See also: erythraea

Translingual

Etymology

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Proper noun

Erythraea f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Gentianaceae – centauries; synonym of Centaurium.

English

Alternative forms

• Erythraia

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Erythraea, from Ancient Greek Ἐρυθραία (Eruthraía).

Proper noun

Erythraea

2. (historical) A town in ancient Crete.

Translations

Translations

• French: Érythrée (fr) f
• Italian: Eritrea (it) f

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɛ.ryˈtʰrae̯.a]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [e.riˈtrɛː.a]

Etymology 1

Borrowed 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

1. 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

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἐρῠθραίᾱ (Erŭthraíā). Further etymology unknown.

Proper noun

Erythraea f sg (genitive Erythraeae); first declension

1. Erythraea (a town in ancient Crete)
   • c. 74 CE – 130 CE, Florus, Epitome rerum Romanarum

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

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

Descendants

• → English: Erythraea
• French: Érythrée
• Italian: Eritrea

Etymology 3

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

1. (Contemporary Latin) Eritrea (a country in East Africa, on the Red Sea)

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

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

Descendants

• → German: Erythräa

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

Erythraea

1. inflection of Erythraeus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Adjective

Erythraeā

1. ablative feminine singular of Erythraeus