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Eretria

Eretria · f

The principal city on the island of Euboea

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Where it lives

Miltiades 1 · 7.5/10k
Persa 3 · 3.82/10k
Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 31-32 - 32 4 · 3.75/10k
Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 33-34 - 33 3 · 2.6/10k
Mercator 1 · 1.17/10k
Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 35-38 - 35 1 · 0.79/10k
Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 33-34 - 34 1 · 0.67/10k
Lucullus 1 · 0.56/10k
De Medicina 3 · 0.29/10k
Naturalis Historia 9 · 0.23/10k
Ab urbe condita 9 · 0.17/10k

What it meant

ĕrĕtrĭa — Lewis & Short

ĕrĕtrĭa, ae, f., = *)eretri/a.

I The principal city on the island of Euboea, the birthplace of the philosopher Menedemus, now Palaeo Castro, Plaut. Merc. 3, 4, 59; Mel. 2, 7, 9; Plin. 4, 12, 21, § 64; Cic. Ac. 2, 42; Liv. 32, 16; 35, 38 al.—

B Derivv.,

1 ĕrĕtrĭus, a, um, adj., Eretrian: creta, Plin. 33, 13, 57, § 163; so, terra, Cels. 5, 15; 6, 3.—Subst.: Eretria, ae, f., Plin. 35, 6, 21, § 38; Vitr. 7, 14.—

2 ĕrĕtrĭ-ensis, e, adj., of Eretria: Gongylus, Nep. Paus. 2.—Subst., ĕrĕtrienses, ium, m., the inhabitants of Eretria, Liv. 35, 38.—

3 ĕrĕtrĭăci, ōrum, m., philosophers of the school of Menedemus, Cic. Ac. 2, 42, 109. —Also called,

4 ĕrĕtrĭci, ōrum., m., Cic. de Or. 3, 17; Sen. Ep. 88 fin.—In sing.: ĕrĕtrĭcus, an Eretrian philosopher, Cic. Tusc. 5, 39.—

II A city of Thessaly, in Phthiotis, now Tzangli, Liv. 32, 13; 33, 6.

In the wild

Eretriae Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 35.16.p3
Eretria Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 35.16.p2
Eretriam Livy, Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 31-32 - 32 p20
Eretriae Livy, Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 35-38 - 35 p34
Eretriam Livy, Ab urbe condita 3.32.16.8
Eretria Livy, Ab urbe condita 3.32.16.10

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