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1 ἤπειρος
A terra firma, land, opp. the sea, Od.3.90, 10.56, Il.1.485, Hes.Op. 624, etc.; κατ' ἤπειρον by land, Hdt.4.97, 8.66;μήτ' ἐν θαλάττῃ μήτ' ἐν ἠπείρῳ Ar.Ach. 534
, cf. Timocr.8: hence, even of an island,ἤπειρόνδε Od.5.56
; but,II esp. the mainland of Western Greece, opp. the neighbouring islands, Od.14.97, al.;ἤπειρόνδε 18.84
, cf. Th.3.114 (so as pr. n., Pi.N.4.51, X.HG6.1.7, etc.): generally, mainland, opp. islands, Hdt.1.148, 171, al., Th.1.5, Philostr. VA1.20, etc.III later, a continent, esp. of Asia. Hdt.1.96, 4.91, A.Pers. 718 (troch.), X.HG3.1.5, D.60.11, etc.; ῥεῖθρον ἠπείροιν (- ων codd.) ὅρον, of the Tanais or Phasis, A.Pr. 790; so δισσαὶ ἄπειροι, i.e. Europe and Asia, S.Tr. 101 (lyr.);τὼ δύ' ἠπείρω Id.Fr. 881
; ἐφ' ἑκατέρας τῆς ἠ. Isoc.4.35; ἤ. δοιαί, δίδυμαι, ἀμφότεραι, Mosch. 2.8, AP7.18 (Antip. Thess.), 240 ([place name] Adaeus), Lib.Ep.783.3; ῥίζαν ἀπείρον τρίταν, of Libya, Pi.P.9.8.Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > ἤπειρος
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