proper noun · femininefirst declension
Eurōpa
Eurōpa f sg (genitive Eurōpae)
Classical[ɛu̯ˈroː.pa]Ecclesiastical[eu̯ˈrɔː.pa]
Meaning
- GreekEuropa (several characters, most notably a Phoenician princess abducted to Crete by Zeus)
- Europe (a continent located west of Asia and north of Africa)
Brevis Europae descriptio.—Europa terminos habet, ab oriente Tanain et Maeotida et Pontum; a meridie reliqua nostri maris; ab occidente Atlanticum; a septentrione Britannicum oceanum. (genitive and nomitive cases)
A brief description of Europe.—Europe's borders, on the east are Tanais, Maeotida, and Pontus; on the south, the rest of our sea; on the west, the side of the Atlantic; north of the British Ocean.43, Pomponius Mela, De situ orbis, book 1, chapter 3Quartus vero et magnus Europae sinus ab Hellesponto incipiens Maeotis ostio terminatur. Nam arctum mare inter Europam et Asiam in angustias septem stadiorum interfluens coarctatur; quas angustias Hellespontum dicunt, ubi Xerxes Persidis rex aggregatis navibus ponteque constructo exercitum duxit. (genitive and accusative cases)
The fourth and great bay of Europe, beginning from the Hellespont, terminates at the mouth of the Maeotis. For the narrow sea flowing between Europe and Asia is confined to a narrow strip of seven furlongs; which they call the narrows of the Hellespont, where Xerxes, king of the Persians, assembled his ships and led his army under a bridge.ca. 415, Martianus Capella, De nuptiis Philologiae et Mercurii, book 6, section 661 - New LatinEuropa (a moon in Jupiter)
- New LatinEuropa (52 Europa, a main belt asteroid; not to be confused with the Jovian moon)
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Eurōpa | — |
| genitive | Eurōpae | — |
| dative | Eurōpae | — |
| accusative | Eurōpam | — |
| ablative | Eurōpā | — |
| vocative | Eurōpa | — |
Eurōpa, ae, and Eurōpe, ēs, f., = Εὐρώπη.
I. Daughter of the Phoenician king Agenor, sister of Cadmus, and mother of Sarpedon and Minos by Jupiter, who, under the form of a bull, carried her off to Crete, Ov. M. 2, 836 sq.; Hyg. Fab. 155; 178; nom. Europe, Hor. C. 3, 27, 25; 57; Prop. 2, 28, 52; gen. Europae, Mel. 2, 7, 12; acc. Europen, Ov. A. A. 1, 323; Juv. 8, 34:
Europam, Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 5; Ov. H. 4, 55.—2. Poet. transf., the portico in the Field of Mars, which was adorned with a painting representing the rape of Europa, Mart. 2, 14; 3, 20; cf. id. 11, 1.—
II. The continent of Europe, named after her; usual form Europa, Mel. 1, 3, 1 et saep.; Mart. Cap. 6, § 662; Plin. 3 prooem. § 3; 3, 1, 1, § 5;
4, 23, 37, § 121 et saepiss.: Europe, Mel. 1, 2, 1; 2, 1, 1; acc. Europen, id. 1, 1, 6; 2, 6, 9; Hor. C. 3, 3, 47.—B. Derivv.
1. Eurōpaeus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Europe, European:
adversarii, Nep. Eum. 3: Scythi, Curt. 7, 7, 2.— 2. Eurōpensis, e, adj., the same:
exercitus, Vop. Prob. 13: res, id. Aurel. 31.Origins
Borrowed from Doric Greek Εὐρώπα (Eurṓpa); cognate with Attic Greek Εὐρώπη (Eurṓpē).
Elsewhere
- CatalanEuropa
- ItalianEuropa
- EnglishEuropefrom Middle English Europe
- EnglishEuropafrom Middle English Europe
- GermanEuropafrom Middle High German Eurōpā
- PortugueseEuropafrom Old Galician-Portuguese Europa
- RomanianEuropa
- SicilianEuropafrom Italian Europa
- TurkishAvrupafrom Italian Europa
- SicilianAurupa
Old French
- FrenchEurope
Old Spanish
- SpanishEuropa
In English words that came into English from Eurōpa
- euroEurōpa
- EuropeEurōpa
In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries
GeographyEuropaEuropa (Εὐρώπη, Herod. et alii; Εὐρώπεια, Εὐρωπία (ῖ), Soph. ap. Steph. B. sub voce: Eth. Εὐρωπαῖος, fem. Εὐρωπίς.) Europe is that portion of the glob…Biography & mythologyEuropaEuropa (Εὐρώπη), according to the Iliad (14.321), a daughter of Phoenix, but according to the common tradition a daughter of Agenor, was carried off b…