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ἔρα^νος , ,
A.meal to which each contributed his share, picnic,εἰλαπίνη ἠὲ γάμος ; ἐπεὶ οὐκ ἔρανος τάδε γ᾽ ἐστίνOd.1.226, cf. 11.415 : metaph., Pl.Smp.177c.
2. generally, feast, festival, Pi.O.1.38 ; “πολύθυτος .Id.P.5.77 ; wedding-banquet, ib.12.14, Pherecyd.11 J.; “ἔρανον εἰς θεοὺς..ἐποίειςE.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 . συλλέξαιAntipho 2.2.9, cf. Thphr.Char.22.9 ; κομισόμενος τὸν . recover the loan, Arist.Ph.196b34 ; “. εἰσενεγκεῖν τινιThphr.Char.15.7, Philem.213.14 ; “. τινι εἰς τὰ λύτρα εἰσφέρεινD.53.8 ; “. εἰς ἐλευθερίανId.59.31, cf. GDI2317 (Delph.), al.; “. ἀναλαμβάνεινBGU 1165.16 (i B. C., with mention of interest); “. εἰκοσίμνωςLys.Fr.19 ; “πεντακοσιόδραχμοςSIG1215.5 (Myconos); “διτάλαντον εἶχες . [δωρεὰν] παρά τινωνD.18.312 : in pl., debts thus contracted, Ar.Ach.615 (prob.), Hyp.Ath.9 ; τοὺς . διενεγκεῖν pay off such debts, Lycurg.22 ; ἐράνους λέλοιπε he has left repayment-instalments unpaid, D.27.25 ; . συνεφήβοις ἀπενεγκεῖν (cf. infr. III) Luc. DMeretr.7.1.
III. a permanent association apparently religious in character (cf. ἐρανιστής), IG12(1).155.12 (Rhodes, ii B.C.), 22.1369 (Athens, ii A. D.); . συνάγειν Μηνὶ Τυράννῳ ib.3.74 ; “καλεῖται αὐτὸς καὶ . καὶ θίασοςAth.8.362e ; functioning as a friendly society, Plin.Ep.Trai.92 ; it could apparently lend to a non-member, “ὅρος χωρίων ὑποκειμένων τῷ . καὶ τῷ ἀρχεράνῳSIG1198 (Amorgos, iii B. C.), cf. BGU1133-6 (i B. C.).
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    • Antiphon, First Tetralogy, 2.9
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    • Demosthenes, Against Neaera, 8
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    • Euripides, Helen, 388
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    • Homer, Odyssey, 11.415
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    • Isocrates, Helen, 20
    • Lycurgus, Against Leocrates, 22
    • Plato, Laws, 927c
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    • Xenophon, Cyropaedia, 7.1.12
    • Theophrastus, Characters, 15.7
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    • Aristophanes, Acharnians, 615
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