ἠπειρῶτις
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἤπειρος (ḗpeiros, “mainland”) + -ις (-is, feminine demonymic suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ɛː.peː.rɔ̂ː.tis/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /e̝.piˈro.tis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /i.piˈro.tis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /i.piˈro.tis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /i.piˈro.tis/
Noun
ἠπειρῶτῐς • (ēpeirôtĭs) f (genitive ἠπειρώτῐδος); third declension
- female mainland dweller, mainlander
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ ἠπειρῶτῐς hē ēpeirôtĭs |
τὼ ἠπειρώτῐδε tṑ ēpeirṓtĭde |
αἱ ἠπειρώτῐδες hai ēpeirṓtĭdes | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς ἠπειρώτῐδος tês ēpeirṓtĭdos |
τοῖν ἠπειρωτῐ́δοιν toîn ēpeirōtĭ́doin |
τῶν ἠπειρωτῐ́δων tôn ēpeirōtĭ́dōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ ἠπειρώτῐδῐ tēî ēpeirṓtĭdĭ |
τοῖν ἠπειρωτῐ́δοιν toîn ēpeirōtĭ́doin |
ταῖς ἠπειρώτῐσῐ / ἠπειρώτῐσῐν taîs ēpeirṓtĭsĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν ἠπειρώτῐδᾰ tḕn ēpeirṓtĭdă |
τὼ ἠπειρώτῐδε tṑ ēpeirṓtĭde |
τᾱ̀ς ἠπειρώτῐδᾰς tā̀s ēpeirṓtĭdăs | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ἠπειρῶτῐς ēpeirôtĭs |
ἠπειρώτῐδε ēpeirṓtĭde |
ἠπειρώτῐδες ēpeirṓtĭdes | ||||||||||
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Coordinate terms
- ἠπειρώτης m (ēpeirṓtēs)
Further reading
- ἠπειρῶτις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- “ἠπειρῶτις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.