Eretria

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English

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Etymology

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

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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

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἐρέτρια (Erétria).

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Proper noun

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Eretria f sg (genitive Eretriae); first declension

  1. Eretria

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First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

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References

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  • 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