περσέα

See also: Περσέα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• περσεία (perseía), περσία (persía)

Etymology

From Περσίς (Persís, “Persia”) +‎ -έᾱ (-éā), because this tree originated there.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /per.sé.aː/ → /perˈse.a/ → /perˈse.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /per.sé.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /perˈse.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /perˈse.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /perˈse.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /perˈse.a/

Noun

περσέᾱ • (perséā) f (genitive περσέᾱς); first declension

1. persea, an Egyptian tree (Mimusops laurifolia)
2. ornament in form of its leaf

Declension

First declension of ἡ περσέᾱ; τῆς περσέᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ περσέᾱ hē perséā	τὼ περσέᾱ tṑ perséā	αἱ περσέαι hai perséai
Genitive	τῆς περσέᾱς tês perséās	τοῖν περσέαιν toîn perséain	τῶν περσεῶν tôn perseôn
Dative	τῇ περσέᾳ têi perséāi	τοῖν περσέαιν toîn perséain	ταῖς περσέαις taîs perséais
Accusative	τὴν περσέᾱν tḕn perséān	τὼ περσέᾱ tṑ perséā	τᾱ̀ς περσέᾱς tā̀s perséās
Vocative	περσέᾱ perséā	περσέᾱ perséā	περσέαι perséai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• περσέϊνος (perséïnos)
• πέρσειον (pérseion)
• περσίδιον (persídion)

 

Descendants

• → Latin: persea
• → Translingual: Persea

References

• “περσέα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• περσέα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN