Europaeus

== Latin == === Alternative forms === eurōpaeus === Etymology === From Eurōpa +‎ -eus (suffix forming an adjective), direct equivalent of Ancient Greek Εὐρωπαῖος (Eurōpaîos) from Εὐρώπᾱ (Eurṓpā, “Europe”) +‎ -ῐος (-ĭos, “belonging to”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɛu̯.roːˈpae̯.ʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [eu̯.roˈpɛː.us] === Adjective === Eurōpaeus (feminine Eurōpaea, neuter Eurōpaeum); first/second-declension adjective of or belonging to Europa 8, Ovid, Metamorphoses, book 8, line 23: of or belonging to Europe, European flor. 44 BC, Cornelius Nepos, Vitae, “Eumenes”, chapter 18, section 3: ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Synonyms ==== (of Europe): Eurōpensis ==== Descendants ==== === References === “Europaeus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press