Ἐρυθρά

See also: ερυθρά

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From the adjective ἐρυθρός (eruthrós, “red”), related to the naming of Ἐρυθραία (Eruthraía, “Erythraea or Eritrea”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.ry.tʰrǎː/ → /e.ryˈθra/ → /e.riˈθra/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.ry.tʰrǎː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e.ryˈtʰra/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.ryˈθra/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.ryˈθra/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.riˈθra/

Proper noun

Ἐρῠθρᾱ́ • (Eruthrā́) f (genitive Ἐρῠθρᾶς); first declension

1. Red Sea
2. Indian Ocean (seen by the Ancient Greeks as the greater Red Sea)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Ἐρῠθρᾱ́; τῆς Ἐρῠθρᾶς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Ἐρῠθρᾱ́ hē Eruthrā́
Genitive	τῆς Ἐρῠθρᾶς tês Eruthrâs
Dative	τῇ Ἐρῠθρᾷ têi Eruthrâi
Accusative	τὴν Ἐρῠθρᾱ́ν tḕn Eruthrā́n
Vocative	Ἐρῠθρᾱ́ Eruthrā́
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Ερυθρά (Erythrá)
• Latin: Erythra

References

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,013