πέρσις

See also: Περσίς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πέρθω (pérthō) +‎ -σις (-sis).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pér.sis/ → /ˈper.sis/ → /ˈper.sis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pér.sis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈper.sis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈper.sis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈper.sis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈper.sis/

Noun

πέρσῐς • (pérsis) f (genitive πέρσεως); third declension

1. sack, destruction

Declension

Third declension of ἡ πέρσῐς; τῆς πέρσεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ πέρσῐς hē pérsis	τὼ πέρσει tṑ pérsei	αἱ πέρσεις hai pérseis
Genitive	τῆς πέρσεως tês pérseōs	τοῖν περσέοιν toîn perséoin	τῶν πέρσεων tôn pérseōn
Dative	τῇ πέρσει têi pérsei	τοῖν περσέοιν toîn perséoin	ταῖς πέρσεσῐ / πέρσεσῐν taîs pérsesi(n)
Accusative	τὴν πέρσῐν tḕn pérsin	τὼ πέρσει tṑ pérsei	τᾱ̀ς πέρσεις tā̀s pérseis
Vocative	πέρσῐ pérsi	πέρσει pérsei	πέρσεις pérseis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “πέρσις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press