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Otrera

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English

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Etymology

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From Latin Otrēra, from Ancient Greek Ὀτρήρη (Otrḗrē).

Proper noun

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Otrera

  1. (Greek mythology) the creator and first Queen of the Amazons

Anagrams

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Latin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek Ὀτρήρη (Otrḗrē), from ὀτραλέος (otraléos, swift); see ὀτρύνω (otrúnō, to stir up).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Otrēra f sg (genitive Otrērae); first declension

  1. (Greek mythology) A queen of the Amazons and consort of Ares

Declension

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First-declension noun, singular only.

singular
nominative Otrēra
genitive Otrērae
dative Otrērae
accusative Otrēram
ablative Otrērā
vocative Otrēra

References

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  • Otrera”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
  • Otrera in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN