Ἤπειρος

See also: ήπειρος, Ήπειρος, and ἤπειρος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • Ᾱ̓́πειρος (Ā́peiros) — Doric

Etymology

From ἤπειρος (ḗpeiros, “mainland”).

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Ἤπειρος • (Ḗpeiros) f (genitive Ἠπείρου); second declension

  1. Epirus (a historical region and ancient kingdom in Southeast Europe, today split politically between northwestern Greece and southwestern Albania)

Inflection

Second declension of ἡ Ἤπειρος; τῆς Ἠπείρου (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ἡ Ἤπειρος
hē Ḗpeiros
Genitive τῆς Ἠπείρου
tês Ēpeírou
Dative τῇ Ἠπείρῳ
tēî Ēpeírōi
Accusative τὴν Ἤπειρον
tḕn Ḗpeiron
Vocative Ἤπειρε
Ḗpeire
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

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
  • Sicilian: Ìpiru
  • Turkish: Epir

References

  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,009
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