ας (ἡ) Eubœa (Eubée) :
   I n. de f. PLUT. M. 657 e ; ATH. 296 b, etc. ;
   II n. géogr. :
      1 î. près de la côte de l’Attique (auj. Évvia, anc. Évripos ou Négrepont) IL. 2, 535 ; OD. 7, 321 ; etc. ;
      2 n. de diverses villes (de Sicile, HDT. 7, 156 ; STR. 449 ; de Macédoine, STR. 449).

➳ Ion. Εὐϐοίη, IL. OD. ll. cc. ; ORACL. (HDT. 8, 20) ; HDT. 1, 146, etc. ; gén. poét. Εὐϐοίης, ANTH. 14, 97 ; acc. touj. Εὔϐοιαν, OD. 3, 174 ; HÉS. O. 649.

Étym. εὔϐους.

s. LGPN

gen.
as, Ion. ης, ἡ, Euboea, Il. 2.535, etc. ; Εὐβοίηθεν, poet. Εὐβοίηθε, from Euboea, Call. Del. 197; Εὐβοεύς (not Εὐβοιεύς EM 389.10, and so gen. pl. Εὐβοέων SIG 419.4 (Delphi, iii BC), al., but Εὐβοιέων ib. 417.4 (ibid., iii BC), al., where οι may be short as in βοιηθέω), έως, ὁ, acc. Εὐβοᾶ, pl. -οᾶς (in codd. often -οέας, cf. Th. 4.92) A.D. Pron. 99.22: — a Euboean, Hdt. 8.4, etc. ; — Adj. Εὐβοϊκός, ή, όν, Euboean, Id. 3.89 (v.l. -εικός), etc. (perh. trisyll. in A. Fr. 356, E. Hel. 767); -βοϊκή, ἡ, = ἀκτῆ, Ps.-Dsc. 4.173; Εὐβοϊκόν, τό, sweet chestnut, Thphr. HP 1.11.3, 4.5.4; masc. Εὐβοΐτης, ου, ὁ, Str. 10.1.14; fem. Εὐβοΐς, gen. Εὐβοΐδος, Hdt. 3.89, D.S. 12.11; Εὐβοΐς, ἡ, = Εὐβοϊκόν, D.Chr. 7.74; contr. forms Εὐβοῖδα, etc., S. Tr. 74, E. Heracl. 83 (lyr.), El. 442 (lyr.), A. Fr. 30, Ion Trag. 18; lengthd. Εὐβοιΐς S. Tr. 237, 401, Fr. 255.

Place, proper name

• the second largest Greek island, Euboia/Evia, in the Central Greece region.. (TOPOS text)