Ἐρατώ
Ancient Greek
Etymology
ἐρατός (eratós, “loved”) + -ώ (-ṓ).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /e.ra.tɔ̌ː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /e.raˈto/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /e.raˈto/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /e.raˈto/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /e.raˈto/
Proper noun
Ἐρᾰτώ • (Erătṓ) f (genitive Ἐρᾰτοῦς); third declension
Inflection
Descendants
- Greek: Ερατώ (Erató)
- Latin: Eratō
- → Russian: Эра́то (Eráto)
See also
- (Greek mythology Muses) Muse; Καλλιόπη, Κλειώ, Ἐρατώ, Εὐτέρπη, Μελπομένη, Πολύμνια, Τερψιχόρη, Θάλεια, Οὐρανία
References
- “Ἐρατώ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Ἐρατώ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,010