I. |erə|thrēən adjective
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: Erythrae, ancient city of Asia Minor (from Greek Erythrai ) + English -an
: of or relating to Erythrae, an ancient Ionian city of Asia Minor that claimed to have been the residence of the sibyl Herophile
II. adjective
or erythrean “
Etymology: Latin Erythraeus (from Greek Erythraios, literally, red, from erythros ) + English -an
: of or relating to the sea that in ancient geography comprised the Arabian sea, the Red sea, and the Persian gulf