Arethusa

== English == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek Ἀρέθουσα (Aréthousa, literally “The Waterer”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌæɹɪˈθjuːzə/ === Proper noun === Arethusa (Greek mythology) A nereid nymph, who became a fountain. (Greek mythology) One of the Hesperides nymphs. (astronomy) 95 Arethusa, a main belt asteroid. ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === haustrae == Latin == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek Ἀρέθουσα (Aréthousa). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [a.rɛˈtʰuː.sa] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [a.reˈtuː.s̬a] === Proper noun === Arethūsa f (genitive Arethūsae); first declension (Greek mythology) A nymph of the Greek mythology A fountain at Syracusae A fountain in Euboea A fountain in Ithaca a city in Syria situated between Epiphania and Emesa a lake in Armenia, through which the Tigris flows a town in Macedonia, Greece ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun, with locative, singular only. ==== 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