Ĕrȳ^thras
ae, m.
I.
a fabulous king of southern Asia (Arabia or Persia), after whom the Red Sea, or the Arabian and Persian Gulfs, were named, Mel. 3, 8, 1; Plin. 6, 23, 28, § 107; Curt. 8, 9. —Deriv.,
II.
ĕrȳ^thraeus, a, um, adj., Erythraean: mare, the Red Sea (pure Lat. Mare rubrum), Mel., Plin., and Curt. l. l.: alga, Mart. 10, 16: lapilli, id. 5, 37; cf. Stat. S. 4, 6, 18.—Poet., in a wider sense, Indian: orae, Stat. Th. 7, 566: dens, Mart. 13, 100: triumphi, id. 8, 26.