πειρατής
Ancient Greek edit
Etymology edit
From πεῖρα (peîra, “a trial, an experiment, an attempt”) + -της (-tēs, “a suffix forming agent nouns”).
Pronunciation edit
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /pi.raˈte̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /pi.raˈtis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /pi.raˈtis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /pi.raˈtis/
Noun edit
πειρατής • (peiratḗs) m (genitive πειρατοῦ); first declension
Declension edit
Case / # | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | ὁ πειρατής ho peiratḗs |
οἱ πειραταί hoi peirataí |
Genitive | τοῦ πειρατοῦ toû peiratoû |
τῶν πειρατῶν tôn peiratôn |
Dative | τῷ πειρατῇ tôi peiratêi |
τοῖς πειραταῖς toîs peirataîs |
Accusative | τὸν πειρατήν tòn peiratḗn |
τοὺς πειρατᾱ́ς toùs peiratā́s |
Vocative | πειρατᾰ́ peiratá |
πειραταί peirataí |
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- πειρατής in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- “πειρατής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Greek edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek πειρατής (peiratḗs).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
πειρατής • (peiratís) m (plural πειρατές, feminine πειρατίνα)
- pirate, corsair
- Synonym: κουρσάρος (koursáros)
- Πειρατές του Αιγαίου ― Peiratés tou Aigaíou ― Pirates of the Aegean Sea
- (figuratively) copier of copyright materials
Declension edit
declension of πειρατής
Related terms edit
- αεροπειρατής m (aeropeiratís, “highjacker”)
- πειρατεία f (peirateía, “piracy”)