epos

From Latin epos, from Ancient Greek ἔπος (épos, “word, song, epic”).

epos (plural eposes)

1. An epic.
   • 1831, Thomas Carlyle, “Symbols”, in Sartor Resartus: The Life and Opinions of Herr Teufelsdröckh. […], London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC, 3rd book, page 155:

     Homer’s Epos has not ceased to be true; yet it is no longer our Epos, but shines in the distance, if clearer and clearer, yet also smaller and smaller, like a receding Star.

   • 1932, Hans Licht [pseudonym; Paul Brandt], translated by J. H. Freese, “[Male Homosexuality] History of Greek Love of Boys”, in Lawrence H. Dawson, editor, Sexual Life in Ancient Greece, London: George Routledge & Sons, Ltd. […], published 1933, part II, page 451:

     The bond of friendship between Achilles and Patroclus was referred to by the great tragic writer Æschylus as based on sensuality, and this author was still near enough to the age of the Homeric epos to understand its underlying spirit perfectly.

   • 2010, Vasily Sesemann, translated by Mykolas Drunga, edited by Mykolas Drunga and Leonidas Donskis, Selected Papers, Amsterdam, New York, N.Y.: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 35:

     We should remember that in antiquity, during the period of the greatest flourishing of classical art, elementary education in the public schools of Ellada consisted largely of the Homerian epos and its recitation to the musical accompaniment provided by the pupils themselves.

• “epos”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

From Shasta ip'-haws (“Perideridia spp. tubers”).

epos (plural not attested)

1. The tuber of any one of several edible species of Perideridia spp.

• ipos

• opes, pose, ESOP, peso, EOPs, poës, Poes, poes, OPEs, posé, POEs, peos, PEOs, sope

• IPA^(key): [ˈɛpos]

epos m inan

1. epic (extended narrative poem)

From Ancient Greek ἔπος (épos, “word, song, epic”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈeːpʰʌs]

epos n (singular definite eposset, plural indefinite eposser)

1. epic (narrative poem)

• “epos” in Den Danske Ordbog

Borrowed from Latin epos, from Ancient Greek ἔπος (épos).

• IPA^(key): /ˈeː.pɔs/

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• Hyphenation: epos

epos n (plural epen or epossen, diminutive eposje n)

1. epic (extended narrative poem, usually in dactylic hexametre)

• epopee
• heldendicht

• dierenepos
• epicus
• epiek
• episch
• epyllium

• epopee

• → Indonesian: epos (“epic”)

• poes, pose, soep

From Proto-Celtic *ekʷos.

• IPA^(key): [ˈepos]

epos m

1. horse

Borrowed from Dutch epos, from Latin epos, from Ancient Greek ἔπος (épos).

• IPA^(key): /ˈe.pɔs/
• Rhymes: -pɔs, -ɔs, -s
• Hyphenation: e‧pos

epos (plural epos-epos)

1. (literature) epic: an extended narrative poem in elevated or dignified language, celebrating the feats of a deity, demigod (heroic epic), other legend or traditional hero

   Synonyms: epik, wiracarita

• “epos” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Borrowed from Latin epos, from Ancient Greek ἔπος (épos).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.pos/
• Rhymes: -ɛpos
• Hyphenation: è‧pos

epos m (singular only)

1. an epic
2. the epics and legends of a particular population
3. (rare) an event considered appropriate to an epic

   Synonym: epopea

• epico

• peso, pesò, pose

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἔπος (épos).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɛ.pɔs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈɛː.pos]

epos n sg (indeclinable, no genitive)

1. an epic, a heroic poem

• Occurring only in the nominative and accusative forms.

Indeclinable noun (used only in the nominative and accusative), singular only.

• → Hungarian: eposz

• “epos”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “epos”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• epos in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “epos”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Ed. Sig. Her, Tiro der Anfänger im Latein, eine Formenlehre der lateinischen Sprache mit Expositions- und Compositionsstoff, Stuttgart, 1860, p. 16: "Die Neutra auf os haben im Genit. us, im Dat. i, im Accus. u. Voc. os, Ablat. o, z. B. epos (ein Heldengedicht), epus, epi, epos, epo. So: melos der Gesang." — That is: 'The neuters in os have [in singular] genitive us, dative i, accusative and vocative os, ablative o, e.g. epos (a heroic poem), epus, epi, epos, epo. In the same manner: melos (song).'

Learned borrowing from Latin epos, from Ancient Greek ἔπος (épos).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.pɔs/

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• Rhymes: -ɛpɔs
• Syllabification: e‧pos

epos m inan

1. epic (extended narrative poem)

   Synonym: epopeja

• epos in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• epos in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Borrowed from German Epos.

• IPA^(key): /eˈpos/

epos n (plural eposuri)

1. epic

   Synonym: epopee

• “epos”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025

epos n

1. an epic, a narrative poem

• epik
• epiker
• episk
• rymdepos

• epos in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• epos in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• epos in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)