ἤπειρος

See also: ήπειρος, Ήπειρος, and Ἤπειρος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

ᾱ̓́πειρος (ā́peiros) — Doric
ἄπερρος (áperrhos) — Aeolic

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *ā́peřřos, from Proto-Indo-European *Heh₂per- (Beekes) or *h₂eh₁/h₂per-io- (Kroonen). Cognates include Proto-Germanic *ōferaz and possibly Old Armenian ափն (apʻn); see those for more. If the appurtenance of Armenian is accepted, we may be dealing with a heteroclitic r/n-stem.

According to Specht apud Olsen, this Indo-European root is a vrddhi derivative from the etymon of Sanskrit अपर (ápara, “posterior, later, latter”).

In relation with al. Ufer, asaj. ōfer 'firm land'

Pronunciation

(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/

Noun

ἤπειρος • (ḗpeiros) f (genitive ἠπείρου); second declension

mainland, land
The mainland of Greece
continent
inland areas (as opposed to coastal areas)

Inflection

Second declension of ἡ ἤπειρος; τῆς ἠπείρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἤπειρος hē ḗpeiros	τὼ ἠπείρω tṑ ēpeírō	αἱ ἤπειροι hai ḗpeiroi
Genitive	τῆς ἠπείρου tês ēpeírou	τοῖν ἠπείροιν toîn ēpeíroin	τῶν ἠπείρων tôn ēpeírōn
Dative	τῇ ἠπείρῳ têi ēpeírōi	τοῖν ἠπείροιν toîn ēpeíroin	ταῖς ἠπείροις taîs ēpeírois
Accusative	τὴν ἤπειρον tḕn ḗpeiron	τὼ ἠπείρω tṑ ēpeírō	τᾱ̀ς ἠπείρους tā̀s ēpeírous
Vocative	ἤπειρε ḗpeire	ἠπείρω ēpeírō	ἤπειροι ḗpeiroi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Second declension of ἤπειρος; ἠπείρου (Epic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἤπειρος ḗpeiros	ἠπείρω ēpeírō	ἤπειροι ḗpeiroi
Genitive	ἠπείρου / ἠπειροῖο / ἠπείροιο / ἠπειρόο / ἠπείροο ēpeírou / ēpeiroîo / ēpeíroio / ēpeiróo / ēpeíroo	ἠπείροιῐν ēpeíroiin	ἠπείρων ēpeírōn
Dative	ἠπείρῳ ēpeírōi	ἠπείροιῐν ēpeíroiin	ἠπείροισῐ / ἠπείροισῐν / ἠπείροις ēpeíroisi(n) / ēpeírois
Accusative	ἤπειρον ḗpeiron	ἠπείρω ēpeírō	ἠπείρους ēpeírous
Vocative	ἤπειρε ḗpeire	ἠπείρω ēpeírō	ἤπειροι ḗpeiroi
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Derived terms

ἤπειρόνδε (ḗpeirónde)
Ἤπειρος (Ḗpeiros)
ἠπειρώτης (ēpeirṓtēs)

Descendants

Greek: ήπειρος (ípeiros)
→ English: eperopolis

ἤπειρος

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