Ĕrthras, ae, m., = *)eru/qras, 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. Ĕrthraeus, a, um, adj., Erythraean: mare, the Red Sea (pure Lat. Mare rubrum), Mel., Plin., and Curt. l. l.: alga, i. e.
in the Persian Gulf
, Mart. 10, 16: lapilli,
pearls
,
fished up in the Persian Gulf
, id. 5, 37; cf. Stat. S. 4, 6, 18.—Poet., in a wider sense, Indian: orae, Stat. Th. 7, 566: dens, i. e.