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Proper noun

Euripides

1. A Greek tragedian (c. 480–406 BCE); Euripides was the last of the three great tragedians of classical Athens.
2. A male given name, mostly representing a transliteration of the modern Greek Ευριπίδης ‎(Evripídis).

Related terms

• Euripidean

Translations

See also

• Aeschylus
• Sophocles

Latin

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek Εὐρῑπῐ́δης ‎(Eurīpídēs).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /eu̯ˈriː.pi.deːs/, [eu̯ˈriː.pɪ.deːs]

Proper noun

Eurīpidēs m ‎(variously declined, genitive Eurīpidis or Eurīpidī); third declension, first declension

1. Euripides (circa 480–406 BC), celebrated Athenian tragic poet

Declension

Related terms

• Eurīpidēus

Descendants

• French: Euripide
• ?Italian: Euripide

References

• Eurīpĭdes in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “Eurīpĭdēs”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette, page 607/2.
• “Eurīpidēs” on page 628/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)