Ἐρέτρια
ἀναβάντα γὰρ εἰς τὴν ἀκρόπολιν, καὶ διὰ τὴν ὑπερβολὴν τῆς λύπης προσκόψαντα τῷ ζῆν, ἑαυτὸν κατακρημνίσαι → for he ascended the acropolis and then, because he was disgusted with life by reason of his excessive grief, cast himself down the height
English (LSJ)
Ep. (metri gr.) Εἰρέτρια, ἡ, Il.2.537:—Eretria, IG12.304.17, Th.8.60, Hdt.6.43, etc.:—hence Ἐρετριεύς, έως, ὁ, an Eretrian, Hdt.5.99, al., etc.: pl. Ἐρετριῆς IG22.43.85 (iv B. C.); Ἐρετριεῖς ib.12(9).207.5 (iii B. C.), etc.; acc. Ἐρετριᾶς ib.188; gen. Ἐρετριῶν ib.12.49.12, al., Ἐρετριέων ib.12(9).187.13, etc.; written Ἐρετριείων ib.201.7 (acc. sg. contr. Ἐρετρῆ prob. in Crates Theb.2): —Adj. Ἐρετρικός, ή, όν, Eretrian, Hdt.6.101, etc.; οἱ Ἐ. the disciples of the Eretrian Menedemus, Str.9.1.8 (v.l. Ἐρετριακοί, as in D.L.1.18, etc.): Ἐρετριάς (sc. γῆ), άδος, ἡ, a kind of clay, Hp.Morb. 3.16, Dsc.5.152.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ας (ἡ) :
Érétrie :
1 ville de Thessalie;
2 cité d’Eubée, où a travaillé l'auteur de ce dictionnaire.
Étymologie: DELG ἐρέσσω.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
Ἐρέτρια: эп.-поэт. Εἰρέτρια ἡ Эретрия
1) город на о-ве Эвбея, разрушен персами в 490 г. до н. э. Hom., Her., Thuc.;
2) город в Фессалии, близ Фарсала Polyb.
