Epiroticus

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἠπειρωτικός (ēpeirōtikós, “continental; Epirotic”). By surface analysis, Ēpīrōtēs +‎ -icus.

Adjective

Ēpīrōticus (feminine Ēpīrōtica, neuter Ēpīrōticum); first/second-declension adjective

1. Epirotic, of Epirus
   • 68 BCE – 44 BCE, Cicero, Epistulae ad Atticum 5.20.9:

     tuas etiam Epiroticas exspecto litteras, ut habeam rationem non modo negoti verum etiam oti tui

     I am also waiting for letters from you from Epirus, to know not only of your business but also how you pass time

2. (Renaissance Latin) Albanian
   • 1635, Frang Bardhi, Dictionarium Latino Epiroticum [Latin-Albanian Dictionary]:

     ideò sub finem operis habes […] nonnulla etiam vocabula Turcicè, atque Epiroticè expressa, ex quibus facilè erit inter utrumque sermonem diversitatem colligere

     therefore at the end of the work you have […] also some terms expressed in Turkish and Albanian, from which it will be easy to infer the difference between the two languages

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	Ēpīrōticus	Ēpīrōtica	Ēpīrōticum		Ēpīrōticī	Ēpīrōticae	Ēpīrōtica
Genitive	Ēpīrōticī	Ēpīrōticae	Ēpīrōticī		Ēpīrōticōrum	Ēpīrōticārum	Ēpīrōticōrum
Dative	Ēpīrōticō		Ēpīrōticō		Ēpīrōticīs
Accusative	Ēpīrōticum	Ēpīrōticam	Ēpīrōticum		Ēpīrōticōs	Ēpīrōticās	Ēpīrōtica
Ablative	Ēpīrōticō	Ēpīrōticā	Ēpīrōticō		Ēpīrōticīs
Vocative	Ēpīrōtice	Ēpīrōtica	Ēpīrōticum		Ēpīrōticī	Ēpīrōticae	Ēpīrōtica

Further reading

• “Epirus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Epirus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.