Ερυθραία
See also: Ἐρυθραία
Greek edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Ancient Greek Ἐρῠθραίᾱ (Eruthraíā) (adjective), feminine of adjective Ἐρυθραῖος (Eruthraîos), from ἐρυθρός (eruthrós, “red”). Substantivised by ellipsis of a noun e.g. χώρα f (khṓra, “land, country”) for the peninsula of Asia Minor where Ἐρυθραί f (Eruthraí, “the city of Erythrae”) was situated.
Proper noun edit
Ερυθραία • (Erythraía) f
- (historical) the territory of the peninsula of Erythrae in Asia Minor
- (historical) An ancient city in Boeotia, in modern Greece
Declension edit
declension of Ερυθραία
Related terms edit
- Ἐρυθραί (Eruthraí, other cities with a similar name)
- ερυθραϊκός (erythraïkós, “Erythraea”, adjective)
- Ερυθραίος (Erythraíos, “Erythraean”)
- Ερυθραιώτης m (Erythraiótis, “Erythraean or from the suburb New Erythraea”) / Ερυθραιώτισσα f (Erythraiótissa)
- Νέα (Néa) Ερυθραία "New Erythraea", suburb of Athens
- πανερυθραϊκός (panerythraïkós, “panerythraean”)
Etymology 2 edit
Borrowed from Italian Eritrea,[1] from Ancient Greek Ἐρῠθραίᾱ (Eruthraíā), feminine of the adjective Ἐρυθραῖος (Eruthraîos), from ἐρυθρός (eruthrós, “red”). As in the phrase Ἐρυθρὰ θάλασσα (Eruthrà thálassa) (in Herodous Ἐρυθρὴ θάλασσα (Eruthrḕ thálassa) literally Red Sea.
Proper noun edit
Ερυθραία • (Erythraía) f
- Eritrea (a country in East Africa, on the Red Sea)
Proper noun edit
Ερυθραία • (Erythraía) f (plural Ερυθραίες, masculine Ερυθραίος)
Related terms edit
- Ερυθραίος m (Erythraíos, “Eritrean”)
- Ερυθραία f (Erythraía, “Eritrean”)
References edit
- ^ Ερυθραία - Babiniotis, Georgios (2002) Λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας: […] [Dictionary of Modern Greek (language)] (in Greek), 2nd edition, Athens: Kentro Lexikologias [Lexicology Centre], 1st edition 1998, →ISBN.
Further reading edit
- Erythrae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia in Asia Minor
- Ερυθραία on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el in Africa