epos

From Latin epos, from Ancient Greek ἔπος (épos, “word, song, epic”).

epos (plural eposes)

1. (obsolete) An epic.

From Shasta ip'-haws (“Perideridia spp tubers”).

epos (plural not attested)

1. The tuber of any one of several edible species of Perideridia spp.

ipos

• ESOP, PEOs, opes, peos, peso, poes, pose, posé, sope

• IPA^(key): [ˈɛpos]

epos m

1. epic (extended narrative poem)

• epický
• epika

From Ancient Greek ἔπος (épos, “word, song, epic”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈeːpʰʌs]

epos n (singular definite eposset, plural indefinite eposser)

1. epic (narrative poem)

• “epos” in Den Danske Ordbog

Borrowed from Latin epos, from Ancient Greek ἔπος (épos).

• IPA^(key): /ˈeː.pɔs/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: epos

epos n (plural epen or epossen, diminutive eposje n)

1. epic (extended narrative poem, usually in dactylic hexametre)

• epopee
• heldendicht

• dierenepos
• epicus
• epiek
• episch
• epyllium

• epopee

• poes, pose, soep

Borrowed from Latin epos, from Ancient Greek ἔπος (épos).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.pos/
• Rhymes: -ɛpos
• Hyphenation: è‧pos

epos m (singular only)

1. an epic
2. the epics and legends of a particular population
3. (rare) an event considered appropriate to an epic

   Synonym: epopea

• epico

• peso, pesò, pose

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἔπος (épos).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈe.pos/, [ˈɛpɔs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈe.pos/, [ˈɛːpos]

epos n sg (indeclinable, no genitive)

1. an epic, a heroic poem

• Occurring only in the nominative and accusative forms.

Not declined; used only in the nominative and accusative singular, singular only.

• “epos”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “epos”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• epos in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
• “epos”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• 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).'

Borrowed from Latin epos, from Ancient Greek ἔπος (épos).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.pɔs/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛpɔs
• Syllabification: e‧pos

epos m inan

1. epic (extended narrative poem)

   Synonym: epopeja

• epos in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• epos in Polish dictionaries at PWN

From German Epos.

epos n (plural eposuri)

1. epic

epos n

1. an epic, a narrative poem

• epik
• epiker
• episk
• rymdepos