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ἐρυθρός

ἐρυθρός, red

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Ἐρυθρά Proper-name adjective: feminine nominative singular, Proper-name adjective: feminine vocative singular of ἐρυθρός

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ἐρυθρός, ά, όν, [ῠ by nature, Ar. Ach. 787, al.: hence the later Comp. and Sup. are perh. -ώτερος, -ώτατος, as in Pl. Ti. 83b, Epin. 987c; but the metre requires -ότερος in Anaxandr. 22, Dromo 1, cf. Choerob. in Theod. 2.76]:—
  • red, νέκταρ ἐ. Il. 19.38, Od. 5.93; χαλκός Il. 9.365; χρυσὸν ἐ. ἰδεῖν Thgn. 450; κῆρυξ ἐ., a ship painted with vermilion, Orac. ap. Hdt. 3.57; -ότερον κόκκον Dromo l.c.; ἐ. πέλανος, of blood, A. Eu. 265 (lyr.); ἐρυθρά, τά, red pimples, eruption, Hp. Liqu. 6; but ἐ. διελθόντα red motions, Id. Coac. 178.
      • 2 ἐρυθρά, ἡ, = μελισσόφυλλον, Ps.-Dsc. 3.104; ἐρυθρός, ὁ (sc. ῥοῦς), fruit of the ῥοῦς βυρσοδεψική, Dsc. 1.108.
      • 3 ἐρυθρόν, τό, ᾠοῦ yolk, Sor. 1.124, Orib. Syn. 5.13.
    • II Ἐρυθρὴ θάλασσα in Hdt. the Indian Ocean, in which the Red Sea (Ἀράβιος κόλπος) is sts. included (of the existence of the Persian Gulf he was ignorant), 1.180, 2.11, 158, 4.42, al.; πόντος Ἐ. Pi. P. 4.251—later the Red Sea only, OGI 69,186,190, al.: also of the Persian Gulf, X. Cyr. 8.6.20, D.S. 2.11; Peripl.M.Rubr. prob. mentions Zanzibar and China; used of remote and unknown places, μόνον οὐκ ἐπὶ τὴν Ἐ. θάλατταν πρεσβείας πέμπειν D. 19.304: really ἡ Ἐρύθρα θάλασσα sea of Erythras, acc. to Agatharch. 5. (Lat. rubro fr. *rudhro-, cf. Skt. rudhirá-; v. ἐρεύθω.)

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