Epiroticus

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἠπειρωτικός (ēpeirōtikós, continental; Epirotic). By surface analysis, Ēpīrōtēs +‎ -icus.

Adjective

Ēpīrōticus (feminine Ēpīrōtica, neuter Ēpīrōticum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. Epirotic, of Epirus
    • 68 BCE – 44 BCE, Cicero, Epistulae ad Atticum 5.20.9:
      tuas etiam Epiroticas exspecto litteras, ut habeam rationem non modo negoti verum etiam oti tui
      I am also waiting for letters from you from Epirus, to know not only of your business but also how you pass time
  2. (Renaissance Latin) Albanian
    • 1635, Frang Bardhi, Dictionarium Latino Epiroticum:
      ideò sub finem operis habes [] nonnulla etiam vocabula Turcicè, atque Epiroticè expressa, ex quibus facilè erit inter utrumque sermonem diversitatem colligere
      therefore at the end of the work you have also some terms expressed in Turkish and Albanian, from which it will be easy to infer the difference between the two languages

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Further reading

  • Epirus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Epirus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.