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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

  • τὸ δὲ μεταξὺ τῶν ἠπείρων διάστημα ταύτῃ πεντεκαίδεκα σταδίων ἐστί, καὶ ταχέωσ ὑπὸ σπουδῆσ καὶ προθυμίασ τῶν ἐλαυνόντων συνῄρητο. (Plutarch, , chapter 11 3:1)
  • οἷσι γὰρ οὐδὲ πέριξ δρυτόμοι ἀπεφαιδρύναντο, λουτρὰ καὶ ἠπείρων ἔσσεται ἀμφοτέρων. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 419 1:1)
  • ἠπείρων δ’ ἄξιοσ ἀμφοτέρων. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 7, chapter 3694)
  • ἡμῖν δὲ καὶ εἰσὶ καὶ φέρονται καθ’ ἑκάστην ἡμέραν ἀπόνωσ διὰ θαλάττησ ἔκ τε νήσων καὶ ἠπείρων ἁπασῶν, ὅσαι ἀπὸ Θρᾴκησ ἐπὶ ποταμὸν Εὐφράτην, καὶ τάδε ἀκωλύτωσ, οὐδενὸσ ἡμῖν ὄντοσ ὄπισθεν ἐχθροῦ· (Appian, The Civil Wars, book 4, chapter 12 12:4)
  • τὸ δὲ μέγιστόν ἐστι διάστημα κατὰ τὸ Τύρκαιον ὄροσ καὶ Μακαρίαν νῆσον πελαγίαν, ὡσ ἂν τῶν ἠπείρων οὐχ ὁρωμένων ἀπ’ ἀλλήλων. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 3, chapter 38 4:3)

Synonyms

  1. The mainland of Greece

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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