Arethusa

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English

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˌæɹɪˈθjuːzə/

Proper noun

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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.

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Anagrams

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Latin

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek Ἀρέθουσα (Aréthousa).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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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, Greece

Declension

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First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

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

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  • Translingual: Arethusa

References

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  • 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