LogeionPerseus analysis of ἠπείροιο:
ἤπειρος (terra firma, land): fem gen sg (epic)
LSJ entry
ἤπειρος
ἤπειρος,
Dor. ἄπ- [
ᾱ], ἡ,
A. terra firma, land,
opp. the sea,
Od. 3.90,
10.56,
Il. 1.485,
Hes. Op. 624,
etc.; κατʼ ἤπειρον by land,
Hdt. 4.97,
8.66;
μήτʼ ἐν θαλάττῃ μήτʼ ἐν ἠπείρῳ Ar. Ach. 534,
cf. Timocr. 8:
hence, even of an island, ἤπειρόνδε Od. 5.56;
but, II. esp. the mainland of Western Greece,
opp. the neighbouring islands, Od. 14.97,
al.; ἤπειρόνδε 18.84,
cf. Th. 3.114 (so as pr. n., Pi. N. 4.51,
X. HG 6.1.7,
etc.): generally, mainland,
opp. islands, Hdt. 1.148,
171,
al., Th. 1.5,
Philostr. VA 1.20,
etc. III. later, a continent,
esp. of Asia. Hdt. 1.96,
4.91,
A. Pers. 718 (troch.), X. HG 3.1.5,
D. 60.11,
etc.; ῥεῖθρον ἠπείροιν (
-ων codd.) ὅρον,
of the Tanais or Phasis, A. Pr. 790;
so δισσαὶ ἄπειροι,
i.e. Europe and Asia, S. Tr. 101 (lyr.); τὼ δύʼ ἠπείρω Id. Fr. 881;
ἐφʼ ἑκατέρας τῆς ἠ.
Isoc. 4.35;
ἤ. δοιαί, δίδυμαι, ἀμφότεραι,
Mosch. 2.8,
AP 7.18 (Antip. Thess.), 240
(Adaeus), Lib. Ep. 783.3;
ῥίζαν ἀπείρον τρίταν,
of Libya, Pi. P. 9.8.