Eretria

English

Etymology

Ancient Greek Ἐρέτρῐᾰ (Erétria), literally "city of the rowers", from ἐρέτης (erétēs, “rower”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /əˈɹiːtɹiə/

Proper noun

Eretria

  1. (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

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἐρέτρια (Erétria).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /eˈre.tri.a/, [ɛˈrɛ.tri.a]

Proper noun

Eretria f (genitive Eretriae); first declension

  1. Eretria

Declension

First declension.

Case Singular
nominative Eretria
genitive Eretriae
dative Eretriae
accusative Eretriam
ablative Eretriā
vocative Eretria
  • Eretrius
  • Eretriensis
  • Eretricus

References

  • 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
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