LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun

ĕrănus

Meaning

  1. a fund contributed for mutual protection against want

ĕrănus, i, m., = ἔραϝος,
I. a fund contributed for mutual protection against want: concessum est eranum habere ... si tali conlatione non ad turbas et ad inlicitos coetus, sed ad sustinendam tenuiorum inopiam utuntur, Plin. Ep. 10, 93; cf. ib. 92; Tert. Apol. 39.

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What does ĕrănus mean in Latin?
ĕrănus, a noun, means “a fund contributed for mutual protection against want”.