LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum

proper noun

Ĕrătō

Meaning

The muse of lyric and amorous poetry

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

I. The muse of lyric and amorous poetry, Ov. F. 4, 195; 349; id. A. A. 2, 16; 425; Aus. Idyll. 20, 6.—

B. Meton., a Muse in gen., Verg. A. 7, 37 Serv.; Claud. Mall. Theod. 282.—

II. A queen of Armenia, Tac. A. 2, 4.

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

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What does Ĕrătō mean in Latin?: Ĕrătō, a proper noun, means “The muse of lyric and amorous poetry”.