E / ĕrănus
noun greek

ĕrănus

gen. ĕrăni · gender masculine · decl. 2nd
a fund contributed for mutual protection against want
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.