epos
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Latin epos, from Ancient Greek ἔπος (épos, “word, song, epic”).
NounEdit
epos (plural eposes)
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for epos in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
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CzechEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
epos m
- epic (extended narrative poem)
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DanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Ancient Greek ἔπος (épos, “word, song, epic”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
epos n (singular definite eposset, plural indefinite eposser)
- epic (narrative poem)
DeclensionEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “epos” in Den Danske Ordbog
DutchEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Latin epos, from Ancient Greek ἔπος (épos).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
epos n (plural epen or epossen, diminutive eposje n)
- epic (extended narrative poem, usually in dactylic hexametre)
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ItalianEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Latin epos, from Ancient Greek ἔπος (épos).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
epos m (singular only)
- an epic
- The epics and legends of a particular population
- (rare) An event considered appropriate to an epic
SynonymsEdit
- (3): epopea
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LatinEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἔπος (épos).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
epos n sg (indeclinable, no genitive)
Usage notesEdit
- Occurring only in the nominative and accusative forms.
DeclensionEdit
Not declined; used only in the nominative and accusative singular., singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | epos |
Genitive | — |
Dative | — |
Accusative | epos |
Ablative | — |
Vocative | — |
ReferencesEdit
- epos in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879
- epos in Charlton T. Lewis, An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers, 1891
- epos in Gaffiot, Félix, Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette, 1934
- epos in Harry Thurston Peck, editor, Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers, 1898
- Ed. Sig. Her, Tiro der Anfänger im Latein, eine Formenlehre der lateinischen Sprache mit Expositions- und Compositionsstoff, Stuttgart, 1860, p. 16: "Die Neutra auf os haben im Genit. us, im Dat. i, im Accus. u. Voc. os, Ablat. o, z. B. epos (ein Heldengedicht), epus, epi, epos, epo. So: melos der Gesang." — That is: 'The neuters in os have [in singular] genitive us, dative i, accusative and vocative os, ablative o, e.g. epos (a heroic poem), epus, epi, epos, epo. In the same manner: melos (song).'
PolishEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
epos m inan
- epic (extended narrative poem)
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SwedishEdit
NounEdit
epos n
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Declension of epos | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | epos | eposet | epos | eposen |
Genitive | epos | eposets | epos | eposens |