ARETHUSA

Meaning of ARETHUSA in English

Pronunciation: ˌ a-r ə - ' thü-z ə , - ' thyü-

Function: noun

Etymology: Latin, from Greek Arethousa

Date: 1513

: a wood nymph who is changed into a spring while fleeing the advances of the river-god Alpheus

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ARETHUSA — noun Etymology: Latin, from Greek Arethousa Date: 1513 a wood nymph who is changed into a spring while fleeing the …
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ARETHUSA — ˌarəˈth(y)üzə, -sə noun Etymology: New Latin, from Latin Arethusa, fountain nymph of Elis transported to Sicily to escape from the …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ARETHUSA — /ar'euh thooh"zeuh/ , n. 1. Also called dragon's mouth, swamp pink . an orchid, Arethusa bulbosa, of eastern North America, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ARETHUSA — noun Etymology: Latin, from Greek Arethousa Date: 1513 : a wood nymph who is changed into a spring while fleeing …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ARETHUSA — [Ar.e.thu.sa] n [L, fr. Gk Arethousa]: a wood nymph who is changed into a spring while fleeing the advances of …
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ARETHUSA — Silver tetradrachm from Syracuse, Italy, signed by the engraver Cimon above the headband of the in Greek mythology, a nymph …
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ARETHUSA — Arethusa BrE AmE ˌær ɪ ˈθjuːz ə -ə-, -e-, -ˈθuːz- AmE \ -ˈθuːz ə ˌer-
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
ARETHUSA — [Greek] A nymph known in several different parts of Greece, usually the Pelopponnese and Sicily. She was one of the …
Encyclopedia Mythica English vocab
ARETHUSA — (греческое) (мифология) Аретуза, нимфа источника источник, ключ
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ARETHUSA — (греческое) (мифология) Аретуза, нимфа источника источник, ключ
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ARETHUSA — Аретуза
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ARETHUSA — n 1> греч. миф. Аретуза, нимфа источника 2> (arethusa) поэт. источник, ключ
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ARETHUSA — (n) аретуза; источник; ключ; нимфа источника
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ARETHUSA — n 1) греч. миф. Аретуза, нимфа источника 2) (arethusa) поэт. источник, ключ
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
ARETHUSA — n 1> греч. миф. Аретуза, нимфа источника 2> (arethusa) поэт. источник, ключ
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ARETHUSA — (греческое) (мифология) Аретуза, нимфа источника источник, ключ
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ARETHUSA — (греческое) (мифология) Аретуза, нимфа источника источник, ключ
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ALPHEUS — I. noun Etymology: Latin, from Greek Alpheios Date: 1567 a Greek river-god who pursues the nymph Arethusa and is finally …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
WILD PINK — noun 1. a. : an American catchfly of the genus Silene ; especially : a catchfly ( S. caroliniana ) …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LAUGHING JACKASS — noun 1. : kookaburra 2. : laughing owl 3. : an orchid ( Arethusa bulbosa )
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DRAGON'S-MOUTH — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun ( plural dragon's-mouths ) 1. : snapdragon 1a 2. : an orchid ( Arethusa bulbosa ) with a …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BASTARD HELLEBORE — noun 1. : helleborine 2. : arethusa 2 3. : green hellebore 2
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ADAM-AND-EVE — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ənˈ(d)ēv noun ( -s ) Etymology: so called from the resemblance of the bulbs to human figures : any of …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SWAMP PINK — 1. a bog plant, Helonias bullata, of the lily family, native to the eastern U.S., having a dense spike of …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DRAGON'S MOUTH. — See arethusa (def. 1). [ 1930-35 ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ALPHEUS — I. al-ˈfē-əs noun Etymology: Latin, from Greek Alpheios Date: 1567 : a Greek river-god who pursues the nymph Arethusa and …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ALPHEUS — [Al.phe.us] n [L, fr. Gk Alpheios]: a Greek river-god who pursues the nymph Arethusa and is finally united with her
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DRAGON'S-MOUTH — also called Bog Pink, or Wild Pink, (Arethusa bulbosa), one of two plant species of the orchid genus Arethusa, family …
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COIN — a piece of metal or, rarely, of some other material (such as leather or porcelain) certified by a mark or …
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ITHACA — Modern Greek Ithki, the second smallest of the seven main Ionian Islands, in the noms (department) of Kefallina, Greece. (The …
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ALPHEUS RIVER — also spelled Alpheius, Modern Greek Alfis Potams, river, the longest of the Peloponnese (Pelopnnisos), Greece, rising near Dhavi in central …
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ALPHEUS — [Greek] In Greek myth, Alpheus is a river deity, son of Oceanus and Tethys. He fell madly in love with …
Encyclopedia Mythica English vocab

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