Epirus
English
Etymology
From Latin Ēpīrus, from Ancient Greek Ἤπειρος (Ḗpeiros, “mainland”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɪˈpaɪəɹəs/
Proper noun
Epirus
- A historical region and ancient kingdom in Southeast Europe, today split politically between northwestern Greece and southwestern Albania.
- A geographic region and administrative region in northwest Greece, one of the thirteen peripheries of modern Greece.
Derived terms
- Northern Epirus
Related terms
Translations
region; historical kingdom
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one of the 13 peripheries
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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
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɛpɪrus]
Proper noun
Epirus m inan
- Epirus (a historical region and ancient kingdom in Southeast Europe, today split politically between northwestern Greece and southwestern Albania)
- Epirus (a geographic region and administrative region in northwest Greece, one of the thirteen peripheries of modern Greece)
Declension
This proper noun needs an inflection-table template.
Dutch
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle Dutch epirus, from Latin Ēpīrus, from Ancient Greek Ἤπειρος (Ḗpeiros).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌeːˈpiː.rʏs/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: Epi‧rus
Proper noun
Epirus n
- Epirus (a historical region and ancient kingdom in Southeast Europe, today split politically between northwestern Greece and southwestern Albania)
- Epirus (a geographic region and administrative region in northwest Greece, one of the thirteen peripheries of modern Greece)
Derived terms
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Ἤπειρος (Ḗpeiros).
Proper noun
Ēpīrus f sg (genitive Ēpīrī); second declension
- Epirus (a historical region and ancient kingdom in Southeast Europe, today split politically between northwestern Greece and southwestern Albania)
Declension
Second-declension noun, singular only.
| 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.