ἤπειρος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Dor. [[ἄπειρος]] [ᾱ], Ael. [[ἄπερρος]], ἡ,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[terra firma]], [[land]], opp. [[the sea]], Od.3.90, 10.56, Il.1.485, Hes.''Op.''624, etc.; [[κατ' ἤπειρον]] = [[by land]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]4.97, 8.66; μήτ' ἐν θαλάττῃ μήτ' ἐν ἠπείρῳ [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[Acharnians|Ach.]]''534, cf. Timocr.8: hence, even of an [[island]], [[ἤπειρόνδε]] Od.5.56; but,<br><span class="bld">II</span> esp. [[the mainland of Western Greece]], opp. [[the neighbouring islands]], Od.14.97, al.; [[ἤπειρόνδε]] 18.84, cf. Th.3.114 (so as pr. n., Pi.''N.''4.51, X.''HG''6.1.7, etc.): generally, [[mainland]], opp. [[island]]s, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.148,171, al., Th.1.5, Philostr. ''VA''1.20, etc.<br><span class="bld">III</span> later, a [[continent]], especially of [[Asia]]. [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.96, 4.91, A.''Pers.''718 (troch.), X.''HG''3.1.5, D.60.11, etc.; <b class="b3">ῥεῖθρον ἠπείροιν</b> (ἠπείρων codd.) [[ὅρον]], of the [[Tanais]] or [[Phasis]], [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[Prometheus Vinctus|Pr.]]''790; so <b class="b3">δισσαὶ ἄπειροι</b>, i.e. [[Europe]] and [[Asia]], S.''Tr.''101 (lyr.); τὼ δύ' ἠπείρω Id.''Fr.''881; <b class="b3">ἐφ' ἑκατέρας τῆς ἠπείρου</b> Isoc.4.35; <b class="b3">ἤ. δοιαί, δίδυμαι, ἀμφότεραι</b>, Mosch. 2.8, ''AP''7.18 (Antip. Thess.), 240 (Adaeus), Lib.''Ep.''783.3; <b class="b3">ῥίζαν ἀπείρον τρίταν</b>, of Libya, Pi.''P.''9.8.<br><span class="bld">IV</span> [[plain]], opp. [[mountain]], [[ἤπειρόνδε]] A.R.2.734,976.<br><span class="bld">V</span> in [[Egypt]], [[land above inundation level]], PGiss.48.8 (iii A.D.); more freq., <b class="b3">γῆ ἤπειρος</b> ''PLond.''3.1201.2 (ii B.C.), etc. (Fr. ᾱπερ-yos, cf. Germ. ''Ufer.'')