Ēpīrus or -os, i, f., = Ἤπειρος, the province of Epirus, in the north of Greece, now part of Albania, Mel. 2, 3, 4 sq.; 2, 7, 10; Plin. 4, 1, 1, § 1 sqq.; Cic. Att. 2, 4, 5; id. Pis. 40, 96; Varr. R. R. 2, praef. 7; Verg. G. 1, 59; id. A. 3, 292; Ov. M. 8, 283; Stat. Achil. 1, 428 et saep.

— Derivv. Ēpīrōtēs, ae, m., = Ἠπειρώτης, an inhabitant of Epirus, an Epirote, Plin. 3, 11, 15, § 98; Aur. Vict. Vir. Ill. 33; scanned Ēpirōtēs, Aus. Profess. 15, 13.

—Adj., of Epirus: Epirotae equi, Veg. Vet. 6, 6, 3.

— Ēpīrōticus, a, um, adj., = Ἠπειρωτικός, of or from Epirus, Epirotic: familia, Varr. R. R. 1, 17, 5: boves, id. ib. 2, 5, 10: canes, id. ib. 2, 9, 5: res, Cic. Fam. 13, 18 fin.: litterae, id. Att. 5, 20, 9; 12, 53 et saep.

— Ēpīrensis, e, adj., of Epirus: Alexander, Liv. 8, 17, 9.