Europaeus
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See also: europaeus
Latin
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Eurōpa + -eus (suffix forming an adjective), direct equivalent of Ancient Greek Εὐρωπαῖος (Eurōpaîos) from Εὐρώπᾱ (Eurṓpā, “Europe”) + -ῐος (-ios, “belonging to”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /eu̯.roːˈpae̯.us/, [ɛu̯roːˈpäe̯ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /eu̯.roˈpe.us/, [eu̯roˈpɛːus]
Adjective
[edit]Eurōpaeus (feminine Eurōpaea, neuter Eurōpaeum); first/second-declension adjective
- of or belonging to Europa
- 8, Ovid, Metamorphoses, book 8, line 23:
- Noverat ante alios faciem ducis Europaei,/ Plus etiam quam nosse sat est. (son of Europa, i.e. Minos)
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 8, Ovid, Metamorphoses, book 8, line 23:
- of or belonging to Europe, European
- flor. 44 BC, Cornelius Nepos, Vitae, “Eumenes”, chapter 18, section 3:
- praefecerat hunc Perdiccas ei parti Asiae, quae inter Taurum montem iacet atque Hellespontum, et illum unum opposuerat Europaeis adversariis; ipse Aegyptum oppugnatum adversus Ptolemaeum erat profectus. (in a plural form)
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- flor. 44 BC, Cornelius Nepos, Vitae, “Eumenes”, chapter 18, section 3:
Declension
[edit]First/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
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Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | Eurōpaeus | Eurōpaea | Eurōpaeum | Eurōpaeī | Eurōpaeae | Eurōpaea | |
Genitive | Eurōpaeī | Eurōpaeae | Eurōpaeī | Eurōpaeōrum | Eurōpaeārum | Eurōpaeōrum | |
Dative | Eurōpaeō | Eurōpaeō | Eurōpaeīs | ||||
Accusative | Eurōpaeum | Eurōpaeam | Eurōpaeum | Eurōpaeōs | Eurōpaeās | Eurōpaea | |
Ablative | Eurōpaeō | Eurōpaeā | Eurōpaeō | Eurōpaeīs | |||
Vocative | Eurōpaee | Eurōpaea | Eurōpaeum | Eurōpaeī | Eurōpaeae | Eurōpaea |
Synonyms
[edit]- (of Europe): Eurōpensis
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “Europaeus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press