- ἤπειρος
- ἤπειροςGrammatical information: f.Meaning: `continent' as opposed to the sea and the islands, `coast', also in opposition to the inland (Il.), as GN Epeiros.Other forms: Dor. ἄπειρος, Aeol. ἄπερροςCompounds: As 1. member in ἠπειρο-γενής `born on the continent' (A. Pers. 42).Derivatives: ἠπειρώτης, f. -τις `inhabitant of the continent, of Asia Minor, of Epeiros' (IA; on the formation Fraenkel Nom. ag. 2, 128 n. 1) with ἠπειρωτικός (X.); denom. verb ἠπειρόομαι, *όω `become (part of the) continent, make to mainland' (Th., Arist.).Origin: IE [Indo-European]X [probably] [53] Heh₂per- `shore'Etymology: PGr. *α῎̄περι̯ος agrees, except for the jot-suffix with the Westgerman. word for `shore' (Ufer), OE ōfer m. etc., PGm.. *ṓfera-, IE *ā́pero- (Lottner KZ 7, 180 a. n.; cf. Kluge-Götze s. Ufer with details). Arm. ap`n `shore' (Benveniste Origines 13) can phonetically not be connected (so is it a substratum word?). - The connection with Skt. ápara- `more backward, later' (rejected by WP. 1, 47) is taken up again by Specht Ursprung 23.Page in Frisk: 1,640
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.