ēpīrus or -os, i, f., = *)/hpeiros,
I the province of Epirus, in the north of Greece, now part of Albania, Mel. 2, 3, 4 sq.; 2, 7, 10; Plin. 4, 1, 1, § 1 sqq.; Cic. Att. 2, 4, 5; id. Pis. 40, 96; Varr. R. R. 2, praef. 7; Verg. G. 1, 59; id. A. 3, 292; Ov. M. 8, 283; Stat. Achil. 1, 428 et saep.—
II Derivv.
A ēpīrōtēs, ae, m., = *)hpeirw/ths, an inhabitant of Epirus, an Epirote, Plin. 3, 11, 15, § 98; Aur. Vict. Vir. Ill. 33; scanned ēpĭrōtēs,
Aus. Profess. 15, 13.—Adj., of Epirus: Epirotae equi,
Veg. Vet. 6, 6, 3.—
B ēpīrōtĭcus, a, um, adj., = *)hpeirwtiko/s, of or from Epirus, Epirotic: familia,
Varr. R. R. 1, 17, 5: boves,
id. ib. 2, 5, 10: canes,
id. ib. 2, 9, 5: res,
Cic. Fam. 13, 18 fin.: litterae,
id. Att. 5, 20, 9; 12, 53 et saep.—
C ēpīrensis, e, adj., of Epirus: Alexander,
Liv. 8, 17, 9.