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|Definition=ὁ,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[potluck]], [[shared]] [[meal]], [[meal]] to which each [[contribute]]d his [[share]], picnic, εἰλαπίνη ἠὲ [[γάμος]]; ἐπεὶ οὐκ ἔρανος τάδε γ' ἐστίν Od.1.226, cf. 11.415: metaph., [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Symposium|Smp.]]'' 177c.<br><span class="bld">2</span> generally, [[feast]], [[festival]], Pi.''O.''1.38; [[πολύθυτος]] ἔρανος Id.''P.''5.77; [[wedding-banquet]], ib.12.14, Pherecyd.11 J.; ἔρανον εἰς θεοὺς..ἐποίεις E.''Hel.''388.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[loan]] raised by contributions for the [[benefit]] of an [[individual]], bearing no [[interest]], but [[recoverable]] at [[law]], in [[instalment]]s, παρὰ τῶν φίλων ἔρανον συλλέξαι Antipho 2.2.9, cf. [[Theophrastus|Thphr.]] ''[[Characters|Char.]]''22.9; <b class="b3">κομισόμενος τὸν ἔρανον</b> [[recover]] the [[loan]], Arist.''Ph.''196b34; ἔρανον [[εἰσενεγκεῖν]] τινι [[Theophrastus|Thphr.]] ''[[Characters|Char.]]''15.7, Philem.213.14; ἔρανον τινι εἰς τὰ [[λύτρα]] [[εἰσφέρειν]] D.53.8; ἔρανος εἰς [[ἐλευθερία]]ν Id.59.31, cf. ''GDI''2317 (Delph.), al.; ἔρανον [[ἀναλαμβάνειν]] ''BGU'' 1165.16 (i B. C., with mention of interest); ἔρανος [[εἰκοσίμνως]] Lys.''Fr.''19; [[πεντακοσιόδραχμος]] ''SIG''1215.5 (Myconos); [[διτάλαντος|διτάλαντον]] εἶχες ἔρανον [δωρεὰν] παρά τινων D.18.312: in plural, [[debt]]s thus [[contract]]ed, [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[Acharnians|Ach.]]''615 (prob.), Hyp.''Ath.''9; τοὺς ἐράνους [[διενεγκεῖν]] = [[pay off]] such [[debt]]s, Lycurg.22; <b class="b3">ἐράνους λέλοιπε</b> he has left [[repayment]]-[[instalment]]s [[unpaid]], D.27.25; <b class="b3">ἔρανον συνεφήβοις ἀπενεγκεῖν</b> (cf. infr. III) Luc. ''DMeretr.''7.1.<br><span class="bld">2</span> metaph, <b class="b3">τοὐράνου γάρ μοι μέτεστι· καὶ γὰρ ἄνδρας εἰσφέρω</b> (spoken by Lysistrata), Ar.''Lys.''651; δεῖ τοῖς γονεῦσι τὸν ὡρισμένον ἐξ ἀμφοτέρων ἔρανος καὶ παρὰ τῆς φύσεως καὶ παρὰ τοῦ νόμου δικαίως φέρειν D.10.40, cf. 21.101, Isoc.10.20, Pl.''Lg.''927c; [[κάλλιστον]] ἔρανον [τῇ πόλει] προϊέμενοι Th.2.43, cf. [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''7.1.12, Ph.2.553, etc.: generally, [[favour]], [[service]], esp. one which brings a [[return]], [[κάλλιστον]] ἔρανον, δοὺς γὰρ ἀντιλάζυται E.''Supp.''363; ἔρανον [[ἀντιλαμβάνειν]] Arist.''Pol.''1332b40; ἀποδοῦναι Alex.280; ironically, [[τὸν αὐτὸν ἔρανον ἀποδοῦναι]] = '[[pay him back in his own coin]]', D.59.8.<br><span class="bld">III</span> a [[permanent]] [[association]] apparently [[religious]] in character (cf. [[ἐρανιστής]]), ''IG''12(1).155.12 (Rhodes, ii B.C.), 22.1369 (Athens, ii A. D.); <b class="b3">ἔρανον συνάγειν Μηνὶ Τυράννῳ</b> ib.3.74; καλεῖται ὁ αὐτὸς καὶ ἔρανος 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 ''SIG''1198 (Amorgos, iii B. C.), cf. ''BGU''1133-6 (i B. C.).