Ἐρέτρια
οὐκ ἔστι λέουσι καὶ ἀνδράσιν ὅρκια πιστά → there are no pacts between lions and men, between lions and men there are no oaths of faith, there can be no covenants between men and lions
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.
