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ἠπειρ-ώτης

epeirotes · ὁ

landsman, as a landsman, dweller on the mainland

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What it meant

ἠπειρ-ώτης · ēpeir-ōtēs — LSJ

landsman, as a landsman

landsman, Luc. Ind. 19; ἄγειν ἀπειρώταν [ἰχθύν] to treat it as a landsman, Theoc. 21.58 (prob. l.); ἵπποι Philostr. Im. 1.30.

II dweller on the mainland, with a military power

Subst. -ώτης, ὁ, dweller on the mainland, opp. νησιώτης, Hdt. 6.49, cf. 1.171, Isoc. 4.132: fem. Adj., αἱ ἠπειρώτιδες Αἰολίδες πόλιες, opp. to those in islands, Hdt. 1.151, cf. 7.109, Th. 1.5, al.; also ἠ. ξυμμαχία alliance with a military power, opp. ναυτική, ib. 35, cf. 4.12; πόλεις τῇ παρασκευῇ ἠπειρώτιδας Id. 6.86.

III Asiatic

Asiatic, ψυχή E. Andr. 159: Subst. fem., ib. 652.

2 an Epirote

Ἠπειρώτης, ου, ὁ, an Epirote, Arist. Fr. 494.

In the wild

ἠπειρώτιδες · ēpeirōtides Herodotus, Histories 1.151.1 (DIORISIS sentence 1076)
ἠπειρώτας · ēpeirōtas Herodotus, Histories 1.171.5 (DIORISIS sentence 1205)
ἠπειρωτέων · ēpeirōteōn Herodotus, Histories 6.49.1 (DIORISIS sentence 6429)
ἠπειρώτιδας · ēpeirōtidas Herodotus, Histories 7.109.2 (DIORISIS sentence 7701)
ἠπειρώτας · ēpeirōtas Herodotus, Histories 7.170.2 (DIORISIS sentence 8053)
ἠπειρωτίδων · ēpeirōtidōn Herodotus, Histories 7.22.3 (DIORISIS sentence 7231)

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