Arethusa

Arethusa

See also: arethusa

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἀρέθουσα (Aréthousa, literally “The Waterer”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌæɹɨˈθjuːzə/

Proper noun

Arethusa

1. (Greek mythology) A nereid nymph, who became a fountain.
2. (Greek mythology) One of the Hesperides nymphs.
3. (astronomy) 95 Arethusa, a main belt asteroid.

Translations

nereid nymph who became a fountain

Italian: Aretusa (it) f Portuguese: Aretusa f

Anagrams

• haustrae

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἀρέθουσα (Aréthousa).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /a.reˈtʰuː.sa/, [ärɛˈt̪ʰuːs̠ä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a.reˈtu.sa/, [äreˈt̪uːs̬ä]

Proper noun

Arethūsa f (genitive Arethūsae); first declension

1. (Greek mythology) A nymph of the Greek mythology
2. A fountain at Syracusae
3. A fountain in Euboea
4. A fountain in Ithaca
5. A city in Syria situated between Epiphania and Emesa
6. A lake in Armenia, through which the Tigris flows
7. A town in Macedonia

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Arethūsa
Genitive	Arethūsae
Dative	Arethūsae
Accusative	Arethūsam
Ablative	Arethūsā
Vocative	Arethūsa
Locative	Arethūsae

Related terms

• Arethūsaeus
• Arethūsius
• Arethūsis

Descendants

• Translingual: Arethusa

References

• “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