Eretria

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

• (UK) IPA^(key): /əˈɹiːtɹiə/

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.

• Eretrian

• Eritrea, tearier

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἐρέτρια (Erétria).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /eˈre.tri.a/, [ɛˈrɛ.tri.a]

Eretria f (genitive Eretriae); first declension

1. Eretria

First declension.

• Eretrius
• Eretriensis
• Eretricus

• 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