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.
