Πέρσης
Ancient Greek edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Old Persian 𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿 (p-a-r-s /pārsa/).
Connected by folk etymology to the verb πέρθω (pérthō, “to sack, ravage, destroy (a city); to slay (a person)”), due to the fact that ancient Greek-Persian relationships involved major military conflicts. This etymology is also found in Homer's Odyssey. This is also the explanation proferred for the name of the Titan, being the embodiment of destruction.
Pronunciation edit
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pér.sɛːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈper.se̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈper.sis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈper.sis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈper.sis/
Proper noun edit
Πέρσης • (Pérsēs) m (genitive Πέρσου); first declension (Epic, Ionic, Attic, Koine)
Declension edit
Noun edit
Πέρσης • (Pérsēs) m (genitive Πέρσου); first declension (Epic, Ionic, Attic, Koine)
- a Persian
Declension edit
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ Πέρσης ho Pérsēs |
τὼ Πέρσᾱ tṑ Pérsā |
οἱ Πέρσαι hoi Pérsai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ Πέρσου toû Pérsou |
τοῖν Πέρσαιν toîn Pérsain |
τῶν Περσῶν tôn Persôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ Πέρσῃ tôi Pérsēi |
τοῖν Πέρσαιν toîn Pérsain |
τοῖς Πέρσαις toîs Pérsais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν Πέρσην tòn Pérsēn |
τὼ Πέρσᾱ tṑ Pérsā |
τοὺς Πέρσᾱς toùs Pérsās | ||||||||||
Vocative | Πέρσᾰ Pérsa |
Πέρσᾱ Pérsā |
Πέρσαι Pérsai | ||||||||||
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Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ Πέρσης ho Pérsēs |
τὼ Πέρσᾱ tṑ Pérsā |
οἱ Πέρσαι hoi Pérsai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ Πέρσεω / Πέρσω toû Pérseō / Pérsō |
τοῖν Πέρσαιν toîn Pérsain |
τῶν Περσέων / Περσῶν tôn Perséōn / Persôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ Πέρσῃ tôi Pérsēi |
τοῖν Πέρσαιν toîn Pérsain |
τοῖσῐ / τοῖσῐν Πέρσῃσῐ / Πέρσῃσῐν toîsi(n) Pérsēisi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν Πέρσην tòn Pérsēn |
τὼ Πέρσᾱ tṑ Pérsā |
τοὺς Πέρσᾱς toùs Pérsās | ||||||||||
Vocative | Πέρσᾰ Pérsa |
Πέρσᾱ Pérsā |
Πέρσαι Pérsai | ||||||||||
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Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
References edit
- “Πέρσης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Πέρσης”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,021
Greek edit
Noun edit
Πέρσης • (Pérsis) m (plural Πέρσες, feminine Περσίδα)
- A Persian man
Declension edit
declension of Πέρσης
Related terms edit
- see: Περσία