europaeusとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

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

発音

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

形容詞

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)

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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)

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語形変化

First/second-declension adjective.

同意語

• (of Europe): Eurōpensis

派生した語

参照

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