Epirus

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɪˈpaɪəɹəs/

Proper noun

Epirus

  1. A historical region and ancient kingdom in Southeast Europe, today split politically between northwestern Greece and southwestern Albania.
  2. A geographic region and administrative region in northwest Greece, one of the thirteen peripheries of modern Greece.

Derived terms

  • Northern Epirus

Translations

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See also

Anagrams

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɛpɪrus]

Proper noun

Epirus m inan

  1. Epirus (a historical region and ancient kingdom in Southeast Europe, today split politically between northwestern Greece and southwestern Albania)
  2. Epirus (a geographic region and administrative region in northwest Greece, one of the thirteen peripheries of modern Greece)

Declension

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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

  1. Epirus (a historical region and ancient kingdom in Southeast Europe, today split politically between northwestern Greece and southwestern Albania)
  2. 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

  1. 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.