Ἐρυθραί
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἐρῠθρός (erŭthrós, “red”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /e.ry.tʰrǎi̯/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /e.ryˈtʰrɛ/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /e.ryˈθrɛ/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /e.ryˈθre/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /e.riˈθre/
Proper noun
Ἐρῠθραί • (Erŭthraí) f pl (genitive Ἐρῠθρῶν); first declension
- Erythrae; Ildırı, Turkey
Inflection
| Case / # | Plural | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | αἱ Ἐρῠθραί hai Erŭthraí | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τῶν Ἐρῠθρῶν tôn Erŭthrôn | ||||||||||||
| Dative | ταῖς Ἐρῠθραῖς taîs Erŭthraîs | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τᾱ̀ς Ἐρῠθρᾱ́ς tā̀s Erŭthrā́s | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Ἐρῠθραί Erŭthraí | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- Ἐρῠθραῖος (Erŭthraîos)
Descendants
- Greek: Ερυθρές (Erythrés)
- Latin: Erythrae
- Turkish: Ildırı
References
- “Ἐρυθραί”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,010