Europaeus

See also: europaeus

Latin

Alternative forms

• eurōpaeus

Etymology

From Eurōpa +‎ -eus (suffix forming an adjective), direct equivalent of Ancient Greek Εὐρωπαῖος (Eurōpaîos) from Εὐρώπᾱ (Eurṓpā, “Europe”) +‎ -ῐος (-ios, “belonging to”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /eu̯.roːˈpae̯.us/, [ɛu̯roːˈpäe̯ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /eu̯.roˈpe.us/, [eu̯roˈpɛːus]

Adjective

Eurōpaeus (feminine Eurōpaea, neuter Eurōpaeum); first/second-declension adjective

1. of or belonging to Europa
   • 8, Ovid, Metamorphoses, book 8, line 23:

     Noverat ante alios faciem ducis Europaei,/ Plus etiam quam nosse sat est. (son of Europa, i.e. Minos)

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. of or belonging to Europe, European
   • flor. 44 BC, Cornelius Nepos, Vitae, “Eumenes”, chapter 18, section 3:

     praefecerat hunc Perdiccas ei parti Asiae, quae inter Taurum montem iacet atque Hellespontum, et illum unum opposuerat Europaeis adversariis; ipse Aegyptum oppugnatum adversus Ptolemaeum erat profectus. (in a plural form)

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	Eurōpaeus	Eurōpaea	Eurōpaeum		Eurōpaeī	Eurōpaeae	Eurōpaea
Genitive	Eurōpaeī	Eurōpaeae	Eurōpaeī		Eurōpaeōrum	Eurōpaeārum	Eurōpaeōrum
Dative	Eurōpaeō		Eurōpaeō		Eurōpaeīs
Accusative	Eurōpaeum	Eurōpaeam	Eurōpaeum		Eurōpaeōs	Eurōpaeās	Eurōpaea
Ablative	Eurōpaeō	Eurōpaeā	Eurōpaeō		Eurōpaeīs
Vocative	Eurōpaee	Eurōpaea	Eurōpaeum		Eurōpaeī	Eurōpaeae	Eurōpaea

Synonyms

• (of Europe): Eurōpensis

Descendants

• Asturian: européu
• Catalan: europeu
• Corsican: europeu, eurupeu
• Galician: europeo
• Italian: europeo
• Occitan: europèu
• Portuguese: europeu
• Romanian: europeu
• Sicilian: eurupeu
• Spanish: europeo

References

• “Europaeus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press