- ἔρανος
- ἔρᾰνος, ὁ,A meal to which each contributed his share, picnic,
εἰλαπίνη ἠὲ γάμος ; ἐπεὶ οὐκ ἔρανος τάδε γ' ἐστίν Od.1.226
, cf. 11.415 : metaph., Pl.Smp.177c.2 generally, feast, festival, Pi.O.1.38 ;πολύθυτος ἔ. Id.P.5.77
; wedding-banquet, ib.12.14, Pherecyd.11 J.;ἔρανον εἰς θεοὺς..ἐποίεις E.Hel.388
.II loan raised by contributions for the benefit of an individual, bearing no interest, but recoverable at law, in instalments,παρὰ τῶν φίλων ἔ. συλλέξαι Antipho 2.2.9
, cf. Thphr.Char.22.9 ; κομισόμενος τὸν ἔ. recover the loan, Arist.Ph.196b34 ;ἔ. εἰσενεγκεῖν τινι Thphr.Char.15.7
, Philem.213.14 ;ἔ. τινι εἰς τὰ λύτρα εἰσφέρειν D.53.8
;ἔ. εἰς ἐλευθερίαν Id.59.31
, cf. GDI2317 (Delph.), al.;ἔ. ἀναλαμβάνειν BGU 1165.16
(i B. C., with mention of interest);ἔ. εἰκοσίμνως Lys.Fr.19
;πεντακοσιόδραχμος SIG1215.5
([place name] Myconos);διτάλαντον εἶχες ἔ. [δωρεὰν] παρά τινων D.18.312
: in pl., debts thus contracted, Ar.Ach.615 (prob.), Hyp.Ath.9 ; τοὺς ἐ. διενεγκεῖν pay off such debts, Lycurg.22 ; ἐράνους λέλοιπε he has left repayment-instalments unpaid, D.27.25 ; ἔ. συνεφήβοις ἀπενεγκεῖν (cf. infr. III) Luc. DMeretr.7.1.2 metaph, τοὐράνου γάρ μοι μέτεστι· καὶ γὰρ ἄνδρας εἰσφέρω (spoken by Lysistrata), Ar.Lys.651 ;δεῖ τοῖς γονεῦσι τὸν ὡρισμένον ἐξ ἀμφοτέρων ἔ. καὶ παρὰ τῆς φύσεως καὶ παρὰ τοῦ νόμου δικαίως φέρειν D.10.40
, cf. 21.101, Isoc.10.20, Pl.Lg.927c ;κάλλιστον ἔ. [τῇ πόλει] προϊέμενοι Th.2.43
, cf. X.Cyr.7.1.12, Ph.2.553, etc.: generally, favour, service, esp. one which brings a return,κάλλιστον ἔ., δοὺς γὰρ ἀντιλάζυται E.Supp.363
;ἔ. ἀντιλαμβάνειν Arist.Pol.1332b40
;ἀποδοῦναι Alex.280
; ironically, τὸν αὐτὸν ἔ. ἀποδοῦναι 'pay him back in his own coin', D.59.8.III a permanent association apparently religious in character (cf. ἐρανιστής), IG12(1).155.12 (Rhodes, ii B.C.), 22.1369 (Athens, ii A. D.); ἔ. συνάγειν Μηνὶ Τυράννῳ ib.3.74 ;καλεῖται ὁ αὐτὸς καὶ ἔ. καὶ θίασος Ath.8.362e
; functioning as a friendly society, Plin.Ep.Trai.92 ; it could apparently lend to a non-member,ὅρος χωρίων ὑποκειμένων τῷ ἐ. καὶ τῷ ἀρχεράνῳ SIG1198
(Amorgos, iii B. C.), cf. BGU1133-6 (i B. C.).
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