Arethusa
See also: arethusa
English
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek Ἀρέθουσα (Aréthousa, literally “The Waterer”).
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editArethusa
- (Greek mythology) A nereid nymph, who became a fountain.
- (Greek mythology) One of the Hesperides nymphs.
- (astronomy) 95 Arethusa, a main belt asteroid.
Translations
editnereid nymph who became a fountain
Anagrams
editLatin
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek Ἀρέθουσα (Aréthousa).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /a.reˈtʰuː.sa/, [ärɛˈt̪ʰuːs̠ä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /a.reˈtu.sa/, [äreˈt̪uːs̬ä]
Proper noun
editArethūsa f (genitive Arethūsae); first declension
- (Greek mythology) A nymph of the Greek mythology
- A fountain at Syracusae
- A fountain in Euboea
- A fountain in Ithaca
- A city in Syria situated between Epiphania and Emesa
- A lake in Armenia, through which the Tigris flows
- A town in Macedonia, Greece
Declension
editFirst-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Arethūsa |
Genitive | Arethūsae |
Dative | Arethūsae |
Accusative | Arethūsam |
Ablative | Arethūsā |
Vocative | Arethūsa |
Locative | Arethūsae |
Related terms
editDescendants
edit- Translingual: Arethusa
References
edit- “Arethusa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Arethusa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Arethusa”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
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