Eretria
English edit
Etymology edit
Ancient Greek Ἐρέτρῐᾰ (Erétria), literally "city of the rowers", from ἐρέτης (erétēs, “rower”).
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Proper noun edit
Eretria
- (historical) A town in Euboea, Greece, facing the coast of Attica across the narrow South Euboean Gulf. It was an important polis in the 6th/5th century BC.
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Latin edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἐρέτρια (Erétria).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /eˈre.tri.a/, [ɛˈrɛt̪riä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /eˈre.tri.a/, [eˈrɛːt̪riä]
Proper noun edit
Eretria f sg (genitive Eretriae); first declension
Declension edit
First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
Case | Singular |
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Nominative | Eretria |
Genitive | Eretriae |
Dative | Eretriae |
Accusative | Eretriam |
Ablative | Eretriā |
Vocative | Eretria |
Locative | Eretriae |
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References edit
- “Eretria”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Eretria in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Eretria”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly