|
|
Origin of the name ARETA.
Etymology of the
name ARETA.
Meaning of the baby name ARETA.
|
|
|
|
|
ARETA.
Latin form of Greek Arete,
ἀρετή,
meaning "virtue."
... An occasional Aretas and
Arete are the chief recorded namesakes of Ares, presiding god of the
Areopagus as he was; and thence may have come the Italian Aretino, and
an Areta, who appears in Cornwall. (History of Christian Names,
Yonge, 1884)
Areta, the
mother of Aristippus, the philosopher. Lacrt. 2.—A
daughter of Dionysius, who married Dion. She was thrown into the
sea. Plut. in Dion.—A female philosopher of Cyrene, B.C.
377.
Areta, a daughter of Rhexenor, descended from
Neptune, who married her uncle Alcinous, by whom she had Nausican.
Homer. Od. 7 & 8.—Apollod. 1. (A Classical
Dictionary, Lempriere, 1820)
|
|
|
|
A-Z
Baby Names
|
|
Girl Names
A,
B, C,
D, E,
F, G,
H, I,
J, K,
L, M,
N, O,
P, Q,
R, S,
T, U,
V, W,
X, Y,
Z
Boy
Names
A,
B, C,
D, E,
F, G,
H, I,
J, K,
L, M,
N, O,
P, Q,
R, S,
T, U,
V, W,
X, Y,
Z
|
|
| *** |
|
New Page 1
|
|
| *** |
|
New Page 1
|
|
|
|
|
