ἐρυθρός, ά, όν, [ῠ by nature, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; but the metre requires -ότερος in [
Refs 4th c.BC+]:—
red, νέκταρ ἐ. [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; κῆρυξ ἐ, a ship painted with vermilion, Oracle texts cited in [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐ. πέλανος, of blood, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἐρυθρά, τά,
red pimples, eruption, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; but ἐ. διελθόντα
red motions, [
Refs]
2) ἐρυθρά, ἡ, =μελισσόφυλλον, Ps.-[
Refs 1st c.AD+]; ἐρυθρός, ὁ (i.e. ῥοῠς), fruit of the ῥοῠς βυρσοδεψική, [
Refs 1st c.AD+]
3) ἐρυθρόν, τό, w)|ou=
yolk, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
II) Ἐρυθρὴ θάλασσα in [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
the Indian Ocean, in which the Red Sea (Ἀράβιος κόλπος) is sometimes included (of the existence of the Persian Gulf he was ignorant), [
Refs]; πόντος Ἐ. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]—later the
Red Sea only, [
Refs]: also of the
Persian Gulf, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; used of remote and unknown places, μόνον οὐκ ἐπὶ τὴν Ἐ. θάλατταν πρεσβείας πέμπειν [
Refs 4th c.BC+] sea
of Erythras, accusative to [
Refs 2nd c.BC+]. (Latin
rubrofr. *rudhro, cf. Sanskrit
rudhirá-; see at {ἐρεύθω}.)