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Latin
Etymology
From Eurōpa + -eus (suffix forming an adjective), direct equivalent of Ancient Greek Εὐρωπαῖος (Eurōpaîos) from Εὐρώπᾱ (Eurṓpā, “Europe”) + -ῐος (-ios, “belonging to”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
Eurōpaeus (feminine Eurōpaea, neuter Eurōpaeum); first/second-declension adjective
- of or belonging to Europa
- 8, Ovid, Metamorphoses, book 8, line 23:
Noverat ante alios faciem ducis Europaei,/ Plus etiam quam nosse sat est. (son of Europa, i.e. Minos)- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- of or belonging to Europe, European
- flor. 44 BC, Cornelius Nepos, Vitae, “Eumenes”, chapter 18, section 3:
praefecerat hunc Perdiccas ei parti Asiae, quae inter Taurum montem iacet atque Hellespontum, et illum unum opposuerat Europaeis adversariis; ipse Aegyptum oppugnatum adversus Ptolemaeum erat profectus. (in a plural form)- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
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