Ἐρυθραί

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐρῠθρός (eruthrós, “red”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.ry.tʰrǎi̯/ → /e.ryˈθrɛ/ → /e.riˈθre/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.ry.tʰrǎi̯/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e.ryˈtʰrɛ/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.ryˈθrɛ/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.ryˈθre/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.riˈθre/

Proper noun

Ἐρῠθραί • (Eruthraí) f pl (genitive Ἐρῠθρῶν); first declension

1. Erythrae; Ildırı, Turkey

Inflection

First declension of αἱ Ἐρῠθραί; τῶν Ἐρῠθρῶν (Attic)

Case / #	Plural
Nominative	αἱ Ἐρῠθραί hai Eruthraí
Genitive	τῶν Ἐρῠθρῶν tôn Eruthrôn
Dative	ταῖς Ἐρῠθραῖς taîs Eruthraîs
Accusative	τᾱ̀ς Ἐρῠθρᾱ́ς tā̀s Eruthrā́s
Vocative	Ἐρῠθραί Eruthraí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Ἐρῠθραῖος (Eruthraîos)

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