Ἤπειρος

Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika

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All Letters / Η Eta / Ἤπειρος
Ἤπειρος OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓
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Ἤπειρος, ἡ γενικὴ χώρα. οἱ μὲν γὰρ εἰς δύο τὴν γῆν, οἱ δὲ εἰς τρία, οἱ δὲ εἰς τέσσαρα διεμέρισαν. ἐξ αὐτῆς Ἠπειρώτης καὶ Ἠπειρωτικός.

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Text Details

Entry#16
Greek textmeineke
Edition idsMeineke 302.13 · Billerbeck Η16
OCRgemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-10
Word count25

Mentioned Entities

EntityDetails
ἬπειροςEpirus; the mainland · place
ἨπειρώτηςEpirote (inhabitant of Epirus) · people
ἨπειρωτικόςEpirotic; Epirote (adjectival form) · other
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Etymologies

CategoryExplanation
Morphological Composition'Ήπειρος: the general land' (i.e. the mainland/continent).
Morphological Composition'From it (Epirus) come Ἠπειρώτης and Ἠπειρωτικός' (a resident of Epirus; pertaining to Epirus).

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Last updated: 2026-04-12 10:11:05 UTC