Epirus
Κύριε, βοήθησον τὸν δοῦλον σου Νῖλον κτλ. → Lord, help your slave Nilos ... (mosaic inscription from 4th-cent. church in the Negev)
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
Ἤπειρος, ἡ.
Man of Epirus Ἠπειρώτης, ὁ.
Of Epirus, adj.: Ἠπειρωτικός.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Ēpīrus: or -os, i, f., = Ἤπειρος,
I the province of Epirus, in the north of Greece, now part of Albania, Mel. 2, 3, 4 sq.; 2, 7, 10; Plin. 4, 1, 1, § 1 sqq.; Cic. Att. 2, 4, 5; id. Pis. 40, 96; Varr. R. R. 2, praef. 7; Verg. G. 1, 59; id. A. 3, 292; Ov. M. 8, 283; Stat. Achil. 1, 428 et saep.—
II Derivv.
A Ēpīrōtēs, ae, m., = Ἠπειρώτης, an inhabitant of Epirus, an Epirote, Plin. 3, 11, 15, § 98; Aur. Vict. Vir. Ill. 33; scanned Ēpĭrōtēs, Aus. Profess. 15, 13.—Adj., of Epirus: Epirotae equi, Veg. Vet. 6, 6, 3.—
B Ēpīrōtĭcus, a, um, adj., = Ἠπειρωτικός, of or from Epirus, Epirotic: familia, Varr. R. R. 1, 17, 5: boves, id. ib. 2, 5, 10: canes, id. ib. 2, 9, 5: res, Cic. Fam. 13, 18 fin.: litterae, id. Att. 5, 20, 9; 12, 53 et saep.—
C Ēpīrensis, e, adj., of Epirus: Alexander, Liv. 8, 17, 9.
