Eratosthenes

Revision History

Date	Editor	Name ID	Change Summary
4/23/2024, 9:35 PM	Mike C	eratosthenes	added (from user-submitted name 16288)
1/31/2021, 10:08 PM	Lucille	16288
6/1/2016, 10:58 PM	earthnut	16288
9/4/2014, 7:55 PM	Lucille	16288
10/30/2007, 8:52 AM	Lucille

Gender Masculine

Usage Ancient Greek

Scripts Ἐρατοσθένης(Ancient Greek)

Meaning & History

Derived from Greek ἐρατός (eratos) meaning "lovely" and σθένος (sthenos) meaning "vigour, strength". A notable bearer was the Greek scientist Eratosthenes of Cyrene (3rd century BC), the first person to calculate the circumference of the Earth.