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εὐρωπός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: εὐρωπός εὐρωπή εὐρωπόν

Structure: εὐρωπ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: eu)ru/s, w)/y

Sense

Examples

  • ἐσκίρτα οὖν καὶ αὐτὸσ ἐπὶ τῆσ ἠϊόνοσ καὶ ἐμυκᾶτο ἥδιστον, ὥστε τὴν Εὐρώπην τολμῆσαι καὶ ἀναβῆναι αὐτόν. (Lucian, Dialogi Marini, zephyrus and notus, chapter 2 1:2)
  • ἐπεὶ δὲ ἐπέβη τῇ νήσῳ, ὁ μὲν ταῦροσ οὐκέτι ἐφαίνετο, ἐπιλαβόμενοσ δὲ τῆσ χειρὸσ ὁ Ζεὺσ ἀπῆγε τὴν Εὐρώπην ἐσ τὸ Δικταῖον ἄντρον ἐρυθριῶσαν καὶ κάτω ὁρῶσαν· (Lucian, Dialogi Marini, zephyrus and notus, chapter 42)
  • ἐνθένδε ἐπὶ Τάναϊν ποταμὸν ἑξήκοντα, ὃσ λέγεται ὁρίζειν ἀπὸ τῆσ Ἀσίασ τὴν Εὐρώπην. (Arrian, Periplus Ponti Euxini, chapter 19 2:1)
  • τάδε μὲν καὶ τῶν ἄλλων Φοινίκων ἤκουον, καὶ τὸ νόμισμα τῷ Σιδόνιοι χρέωνται τὴν Εὐρώπην ἐφεζομένην ἔχει τῷ ταύρῳ τῷ Διί· (Lucian, De Syria dea, (no name) 4:5)
  • ἀλλὰ κἂν εἰσ τὴν Κρήτην ἀφίκῃ τῷ λόγῳ, πάμπολλα κἀκεῖθεν ἡ ὄρχησισ ἐρανίζεται, τὴν Εὐρώπην, τὴν Πασιφάην, τοὺσ ταύρουσ ἀμφοτέρουσ, τὸν λαβύρινθον, τὴν Ἀριάδνην, τὴν Φαίδραν, τὸν Ἀνδρόγεων, τὸν Δαίδαλον, τὸν Ἴκαρον, τὸν Γλαῦκον, τὴν Πολυΐδου μαντικήν, τὸν Τάλω, τὸν χαλκοῦν τῆσ Κρήτησ περίπολον. (Lucian, De saltatione, (no name) 49:1)

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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