Epirus

Epirus

English

Epirus (periphery of Greece)

Etymology

From Latin Ēpīrus, from Ancient Greek Ἤπειρος (Ḗpeiros, “mainland”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɨˈpaɪəɹəs/

Proper noun

Epirus

1. A traditional geographic region lying partly in northwestern Greece (where it includes Arta, Ioannina, Preveza and Thesprotia) and Albania (an area known as Northern Epirus).
2. (historical) A larger historical kingdom in roughly the same region, widely extended by the Greek general and king Pyrrhus during the early Hellenistic period.
3. A region in northwest Greece; one of the thirteen peripheries (administrative regions) of modern Greece.

Derived terms

• Northern Epirus

Related terms

• Epirot / Epirote
• Epirotic
• Epirot Islands / Epirote Islands

Translations

region; historical kingdom

Albanian: Epir Armenian: Էպիրոս (Ēpiros) Aromanian: Ipir m, Epir m Catalan: Epir m Chinese: Mandarin: 伊庇魯斯／伊庇鲁斯 (zh) (Yībìlǔsī), 伊庇魯斯大區／伊庇鲁斯大区 (Yībìlǔsī Dàqū) Danish: Epirus, Epiros Dutch: Epirus, Epiros Esperanto: Epiro Estonian: Ípeiros Finnish: Epeiros French: Épire (fr) m German: Epirus (de) Greek: Ήπειρος (el) f (Ípeiros) Ancient: Ἤπειρος f (Ḗpeiros) Hebrew: אפירוס‎ m (épiros) Icelandic: Epírus n Italian: Epiro m Japanese: イピロス (Ipirosu), エペイロス (Epeirosu), エピロス (Epirosu) Latin: Ēpīrus f, Ēpīros f Persian: اپیروس‎ (Epirus) Polish: Epir (pl) m Portuguese: Épiro m Russian: Эпир (ru) m (Epir) Slovene: Epír (sl) m Spanish: Epiro m Swedish: Epirus Tagalog: Epiro

one of the 13 peripheries

Albanian: please add this translation if you can Aromanian: Ipir Catalan: Epir m Czech: Epirus m Dutch: Epirus, Epiros Esperanto: Epiro Estonian: Ípeiros Finnish: Epeiros French: Épire (fr) m German: Epirus (de) Greek: Ήπειρος (el) f (Ípeiros) Hebrew: אפירוס‎ m (épiros) Italian: Epiro m Japanese: イピロス (Ipirosu), エピロス (Epirosu) Latin: Epirus Mandarin: 伊庇魯斯／伊庇鲁斯 (zh), 伊庇鲁斯 (zh) (Yībìlǔsī), 伊庇魯斯大區／伊庇鲁斯大区, 伊庇鲁斯大区 (Yībìlǔsī Dàqū) Polish: Epir (pl) m Portuguese: Épiro m Russian: Эпир (ru) m (Epir) Slovene: Epír (sl) m Spanish: Epiro m Tagalog: Epiro

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See also

• Attica
• Central Greece
• Central Macedonia
• Crete
• East Macedonia and Thrace
• Ionian Islands
• North Aegean
• Peloponnese
• South Aegean
• Thessaly
• West Greece
• West Macedonia

Anagrams

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Czech

Proper noun

Epirus m

1. Epirus (a region of Greece)

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Dutch

Alternative forms

• Epiros

Etymology

From Middle Dutch epirus, from Latin Ēpīrus, from Ancient Greek Ἤπειρος (Ḗpeiros).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌeːˈpiː.rʏs/

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• Hyphenation: Epi‧rus

Proper noun

Epirus n

1. Epirus (region, historical kingdom and periphery in northwestern Greece)

Derived terms

• Epiroot

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Latin

Alternative forms

• Ēpīros

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἤπειρος (Ḗpeiros).

Proper noun

Ēpīrus f sg (genitive Ēpīrī); second declension

1. Epirus (region and historical kingdom in modern Albania and Greece)

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Ēpīrus
Genitive	Ēpīrī
Dative	Ēpīrō
Accusative	Ēpīrum
Ablative	Ēpīrō
Vocative	Ēpīre

References

• “Epirus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Epeirus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• Epirus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette