Ἤπειρος
See also: ήπειρος, Ήπειρος, and ἤπειρος
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- Ᾱ̓́πειρος (Ā́peiros) – Doric
Etymology
From ἤπειρος (ḗpeiros, “mainland”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ɛ̌ː.peː.ros/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈe̝.pi.ros/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈi.pi.ros/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈi.pi.ros/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈi.pi.ros/
Proper noun
Ἤπειρος • (Ḗpeiros) f (genitive Ἠπείρου); second declension
- Epirus
Inflection
Second declension of ἡ Ἤπειρος; τῆς Ἠπείρου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ Ἤπειρος hē Ḗpeiros | ||||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς Ἠπείρου tês Ēpeírou | ||||||||||||
Dative | τῇ Ἠπείρῳ têi Ēpeírōi | ||||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν Ἤπειρον tḕn Ḗpeiron | ||||||||||||
Vocative | Ἤπειρε Ḗpeire | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- Ἠπειρώτης (Ēpeirṓtēs)
- Ἠπειρωτικός (Ēpeirōtikós)
Descendants
- Albanian: Epir, Epiri
- Bulgarian: Епир (Epir)
- English: Epirus
- French: Épire, Epire
- German: Epirus
- Greek: Ήπειρος (Ípeiros)
- Italian: Epiro
- Latin: Epirus
- Macedonian: Епир (Epir)
- Romanian: Epir
- Russian: Эпир (Epir)
- Serbo-Croatian: Епир/Epir
- Turkish: Epir
References
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,009