Ἤπειρος

See also: ήπειρος, Ήπειρος, and ἤπειρος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Ᾱ̓́πειρος (Ā́peiros) — Doric

Etymology

From ἤπειρος (ḗpeiros, “mainland”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̌ː.peː.ros/ → /ˈi.pi.ros/ → /ˈi.pi.ros/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɛ̌ː.peː.ros/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈe̝.pi.ros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈi.pi.ros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈi.pi.ros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈi.pi.ros/

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

• Ἠπειρώτης (Ēpeirṓtēs)
• Ἠπειρωτικός (Ēpeirōtikós)

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