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† Ĕrătīnē, es, f., = Ἐρατειϝή, a nymph, a daughter of Venus, Mart. Cap. 9, § 905.

Ĕrătō (occurring only in the nom.), f., = Ἐρατώ.

  1. I. The muse of lyric and amorous poetry, Ov. F. 4, 195; 349; id. A. A. 2, 16; 425; Aus. Idyll. 20, 6.
    1. B. Meton., a Muse in gen., Verg. A. 7, 37 Serv.; Claud. Mall. Theod. 282.
  2. II. A queen of Armenia, Tac. A. 2, 4.

Ĕrătosthĕnes, is, m., = Ἐρατοσθέϝης, a celebrated geographer, poet, and philosopher of Alexandria, under Ptolemy Euergetes, Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 3; Cic. Att. 2, 6; Caes. B. G. 6, 24, 2; Plin. Elench. 2; 5; 2, 108, 112; Quint. 1, 1, 16; 11, 2, 14 al.