Εὐρώπη

See also: Ευρώπη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms
  • Εὐρώπᾱ (Eurṓpā) – Doric
  • Εὐρωπίᾱ (Eurōpíā) – Poetic

Etymology

Of uncertain origin, but either from:

  • εὐρύς (eurús) + ὄψ (óps), literally meaning "wide face" (as a description of the beauty of the mythical Europa) or "broad eye" (metaphorically meaning something like "as far as the eye can see")
  • Semitic origin, such as:
    • Akkadian 𒌓𒋙 (erebu, “to set, occident, west”)
    • Phoenician 𐤏𐤓𐤁‎ (ʿereb, “evening”)
    • Aramaic ערובה‎ (ʿrōbā, “sunset, Sabbath eve”)
    • Hebrew בֶּן‑עֲרֻבָּה‎ (ben‑ʿăruḇoh, “hostages”) and מַעֲרָב‎ (maʿăroḇ, “occident, west”)
    • Classical Syriac ܥܪܘܒܐ‎ (ʿaruḇa, “hostages”) and ܡܥܪܒܐ‎ (maʿrəḇā, “occident, west”)
    • Arabic غَرْب‎ (ḡarb, “occident, west”)

Pronunciation
 

Proper noun

Εὐρώπη • (Eurṓpē) f (genitive Εὐρώπης); first declension

  1. (Greek mythology) Europa, a Phoenician princess abducted to Crete by Zeus
  2. Europe, a continent

Inflection
First declension of ἡ Εὐρώπη; τῆς Εὐρώπης (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ἡ Εὐρώπη
hē Eurṓpē
Genitive τῆς Εὐρώπης
tês Eurṓpēs
Dative τῇ Εὐρώπῃ
têi Eurṓpēi
Accusative τὴν Εὐρώπην
tḕn Eurṓpēn
Vocative Εὐρώπη
Eurṓpē
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

The personal name rarely takes a definite article.

Descendants

References
  • Εὐρώπη in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Εὐρώπη in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,010
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