Arethusius

Ărĕthūsa, ae, f., = Arethousa.

1.

A celebrated fountain near Syracuse, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 53;

acc. to the fable, a nymph in the train of Diana, in Elis, pursued by the river-god Alpheus, fled to Sicily,

Ov. M. 5, 573 (cf. Pausan. 5, 7);

hence it was believed that it flowed under the sea with the Alpheus, and appeared again in Sicily,

Verg. E. 10, 4 sqq.; id. A. 3, 694; Plin. 2, 103, 106, § 225; 31, 5, 30, § 55; cf. Mann. Ital. II. 325, and Alpheus.—

2.

A fountain in Eubœa, Plin. 4, 12, 21, § 64.—

3.

A fountain in Bœotia, Plin. 4, 12, 21, § 64.—

4.

A lake in Armenia Major, Plin. 2, 103, 106, § 226 (Jan, Aritissa ).—

5.

A town in Macedonia, Plin. 4, 10, 17, § 38.—

6.

A town in Syria, on the Orontes, now Rustan or Restun, Itin. Anton. —

II.

Derivv.

A.

Ărĕthūsaeus, a, um, adj., of or pertaining to the fountain Arethusa (in Sicily), Arethusian, Claud. Rapt. Pros. 2, 60.—

B.

Ărĕthūsis, ĭdis, adj., Arethusian, a poet. epithet for Syracuse, near which was the fountain Arethusa, Ov. F. 4, 873 (cf. id. ib. 5, 7: Aganippis Hippocrene).—

C.

Ărĕthūsĭus, a, um, adj.

1.

Arethusian; hence poet. for Syracusan:

proles,

Sil. 14, 356.—

2.

Subst.: Ărĕthūsĭi, ōrum, m.

a.

The inhabitants of Arethusa, in Macedonia, Plin. 4, 10, 17, § 35.—

b.

The inhabitants of Arethusa, in Syria, Plin. 5, 23, 19, § 82.