Eretria

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• 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.

Derived terms

• Eretrian

Anagrams

• Eritrea, tearier

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἐρέτρια (Erétria).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /eˈre.tri.a/, [ɛˈrɛt̪riä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /eˈre.tri.a/, [eˈrɛːt̪riä]

Proper noun

Eretria f sg (genitive Eretriae); first declension

1. Eretria

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Eretria
Genitive	Eretriae
Dative	Eretriae
Accusative	Eretriam
Ablative	Eretriā
Vocative	Eretria
Locative	Eretriae

Related terms

• 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