Εὐρώπη

See also: Ευρώπη

Ancient Greek

Uncertain, but either from:

εὐρύς (eurús) + ὤψ (ṓps), literally meaning "wide face" (as a description of the beauty of the mythical Europa) or "broad eye" (metaphorically meaning something like "as far as the eye can see")
Semitic origin; compare also Ἀσία (Asía):
- Akkadian 𒀭𒌓𒋙𒀀 (^dUD.ŠU₂.A /erebu, erbu/, “direction of the setting sun, occident, west”)
- Phoenician 𐤏𐤓𐤁‎ (ʿrb /ʿereb/, “evening”)
- Aramaic ערובה‎ (ʿrōbā, “sunset, Sabbath eve”)
- Hebrew מַעֲרָב‎ (maʿărɔḇ, “occident, west”)
- Classical Syriac ܡܥܪܒܐ‎ (maʿrəḇā, “occident, west”)
- Arabic غَرْب‎ (ḡarb, “occident, west”) and غُرُوب‎ (ḡurūb, “setting of the sun”)
From a separate Semitic root related to guarantees and exchanges, found in Arabic عَرَبُون‎ (ʕarabūn), Hebrew בֶּן‑עֲרֻבָּה‎ (ben‑ʿăruḇoh, “hostages”), Classical Syriac ܥܪܘܒܐ‎ (ʿaruḇa, “hostages”), stemming from mythology in which Europa is famously abducted; see the story of Cadmus, a figure also with Semitic associations, who seeks after his kidnapped sister.

Εὐρώπη • (Eurṓpē) f (genitive Εὐρώπης); first declension

First declension of ἡ Εὐρώπη; τῆς Εὐρώπης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Εὐρώπη hē Eurṓpē
Genitive	τῆς Εὐρώπης tês Eurṓpēs
Dative	τῇ Εὐρώπῃ têi Eurṓpēi
Accusative	τὴν Εὐρώπην tḕn Eurṓpēn
Vocative	Εὐρώπη Eurṓpē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

The personal name rarely takes a definite article.

“Εὐρώπη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“Εὐρώπη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,010

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