ἐρυθρός,ά,όν, [ῠby nature, Ar. Ach. 787 , al.: hence the later Comp. and Sup. are perh.-ώτερος, -ώτατος,as in Pl. Ti. 83b , Epin. 987c ; but the metre requires-ότεροςin Anaxandr. 22 , Dromo 1 , cf. Choerob. in Theod. 2.76 ]:—
A. red,
νέκταρ ἐ.
Il. 19.38
, Od. 5.93 ; χαλκός
Il. 9.365
; χρυσὸν ἐ. ἰδεῖν
Thgn. 450
;κῆρυξ ἐ.,a ship painted with vermilion, Orac. ap. Hdt. 3.57 ; -ότερον κόκκον
Dromo
l.c.;ἐ. πέλανος,of blood, A. Eu. 265 (lyr.);ἐρυθρά,τά, red pimples, eruption,
Hp. Liqu. 6 ; butἐ. διελθόντα redmotions, Id. Coac. 178 .
2. ἐρυθρά,ἡ,=μελισσόφυλλον,Ps.- Dsc. 3.104 ;ἐρυθρός, ὁ(sc.ῥοῠς), fruit of theῥοῠς βυρσοδεψική,
Dsc. 1.108 .
3. ἐρυθρόν,τό, ᾠοῦ yolk,