Erythraea

== Translingual == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Proper noun === Erythraea f A taxonomic genus within the family Gentianaceae – centauries; synonym of Centaurium. == English == === Alternative forms === Erythraia === Proper noun === Erythraea (historical) A town in ancient Crete. == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɛ.ryˈtʰrae̯.a] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [e.riˈtrɛː.a] === Etymology 1 === From Ancient Greek Ἐρῠθραίᾱ (Erŭthraíā), feminine of Ἐρυθραῖος (Eruthraîos, “Erythraean”, itself from Ἐρυθραί (Eruthraí, “Erythrae”) +‎ -αῖος (-aîos)). ==== Proper noun ==== Erythraea f sg (genitive Erythraeae); first declension the territory of Erythrae, Beotia ===== Declension ===== First-declension noun, singular only. ===== References ===== “Erythraea”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. === Etymology 2 === Learned borrowing from Italian Eritrea, the latter of which was first used as an ellipsis of la Colonia eritrea (“Italian Eritrea”, literally “the Erythraean colony”), from eritrea, feminine of eritreo (“Erythraean (of or relating to the Erythraean Sea)”), from Latin erythraeus (“reddish”), from Ancient Greek ἐρυθρός (eruthrós, “red”). ==== Proper noun ==== Erythraea f sg (genitive Erythraeae); first declension (New Latin) Eritrea (a country in Africa) ===== Declension ===== First-declension noun, singular only. ===== Descendants ===== → German: Erythräa