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ἤπειρος

Second declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἤπειρος ἠπείρου

Structure: ἠπειρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: (어원이 불명확함.)

Sense

  1. mainland, land
  2. The mainland of Greece
  3. continent
  4. inland areas (as opposed to coastal areas)

Declension

Second declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • λαβεῖν δ’ ἐλιλαίετο θυμῷ ἄλλοτε μὲν κατὰ κῦμα πολυφλοίσβοιο θαλάσσησ ἰχθύι εἰδομένην, πόντον πολὺν ἐξοροθῦνον, ἄλλοτ’ ἀν’ ’ Ὠκεανὸν ποταμὸν καὶ πείρατα γαίησ, ἄλλοτ’ ἀν’ ἤπειρον πολυβώλακα. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 8, book 8, chapter 10 2:3)
  • διῳκημένων δὲ πάντων αὐτῷ καλῶσ ἀσπασάμενοσ τοὺσ Ἕλληνασ, καὶ παρακαλέσασ τοὺσ Μακεδόνασ μεμνῆσθαι τῆσ δεδομένησ ὑπὸ Ῥωμαίων ἐλευθερίασ σῴζοντασ αὐτὴν δι’ εὐνομίασ καὶ ὁμονοίασ, ἀνέζευξεν ἐπὶ τὴν Ἤπειρον, ἔχων δόγμα συγκλήτου τοὺσ συμμεμαχημένουσ αὐτῷ τὴν πρὸσ Περσέα μάχην στρατιώτασ ἀπὸ τῶν ἐκεῖ πόλεων ὠφελῆσαι. (Plutarch, Aemilius Paulus, chapter 29 1:1)
  • ἐπειδὰν δὲ ταύτασ παραπλεύσῃσ, τότε δὴ ἀφίξῃ εἰσ τὴν μεγάλην ἤπειρον τὴν ἐναντίαν τῇ ὑφ’ ὑμῶν ^ κατοικουμένῃ· (Lucian, Verae Historiae, book 2 27:7)
  • ἐνταῦθα δὴ πολλὰ παθὼν καὶ ποικίλα ἔθνη διελθὼν καὶ ἀνθρώποισ ἀμίκτοισ ἐπιδημήσασ χρόνῳ ποτὲ ἥξεισ εἰσ τὴν ἑτέραν ἤπειρον. (Lucian, Verae Historiae, book 2 27:8)
  • καὶ ἡμεῖσ μὲν εἰκάσαμεν ἤπειρον εἶναι· (Lucian, Verae Historiae, book 2 42:2)

Synonyms

  1. The mainland of Greece

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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