Εὐρώπη

See also: Ευρώπη

Ancient Greek

Possibly from εὐρύς (eurús, “broad”) +‎ ὤψ (ṓps, “eye, face”), which may in turn be a secondary interpretation of a Semitic word for “sunset, west”; compare Aramaic ערובה‎ (ʿrōbā, “sunset, Sabbath eve”), Hebrew בֶּן‑עֲרֻבָּה‎ (ben‑aruboh, “hostages”), Classical Syriac ܥܪܘܒܐ‎ (aruba, “hostages”) or Hebrew מַעֲרָב‎ (ma‑ārov, “occident, west”), Classical Syriac ܡܰܥܪܒܐ‎ (ma‑arba, “occident, west”) & Arabic غَرْب‎ (gharb, “occident, west”).

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

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.

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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