Arethusa

See also: arethusa

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌæɹɪˈθjuːzə/

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

• Esperanto: Aretuzo
• French: Aréthuse (fr) f
• Greek: Αρέθουσα (el) f (Aréthousa)

  Ancient Greek: Ἀρέθουσα f (Aréthousa)

• Italian: Aretusa (it) f
• Latin: Arethūsa f
• Polish: Aretuza f
• Portuguese: Aretusa f
• Russian: Арету́са f (Aretúsa), Арету́за f (Aretúza)
• Spanish: Aretusa f

Anagrams

• haustrae

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἀρέθουσα (Aréthousa).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /a.reˈtʰuː.sa/, [ärɛˈt̪ʰuːs̠ä]
• (modern Italianate 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, Greece

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