Erasinus

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /e.raˈsiː.nus/, [ɛräˈs̠iːnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /e.raˈsi.nus/, [eräˈs̬iːnus]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἐρασῖνος (Erasînos).

Proper noun

Erasīnus m sg (genitive Erasīnī); second declension

1. a river in Argolis, now Kefalari

Declension

Second-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Erasīnus
genitive	Erasīnī
dative	Erasīnō
accusative	Erasīnum
ablative	Erasīnō
vocative	Erasīne
locative	Erasīnī

References

• “1. Ĕrăsīnus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Erăsīnus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 597/2.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἐρασῖϝος (Erasîwos).

Proper noun

Erasīnus m sg (genitive Erasīnī); second declension

1. a favorite boy

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Erasīnus
genitive	Erasīnī
dative	Erasīnō
accusative	Erasīnum
ablative	Erasīnō
vocative	Erasīne

References

• “2. Ĕrăsīnus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press