Πειραεύς
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Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- Πειραιεύς (Peiraieús)
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /peː.raː.ěu̯s/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /pi.raˈews/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /pi.raˈeɸs/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /pi.raˈefs/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /pi.raˈefs/
Proper noun
Πειρᾱεύς • (Peirāeús) m (genitive Πειρᾱέως or Πειρᾱῶς); third declension
- Piraeus, Athens, Attica, Greece
- An inhabitant of Piraeus
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | ὁ Πειρᾱεύς ho Peirāeús | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ Πειρᾱέως / Πειρᾱῶς toû Peirāéōs / Peirāôs | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ Πειρᾱεῖ tôi Peirāeî | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν Πειρᾱέᾱ / Πειρᾱᾶ tòn Peirāéā / Peirāâ | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Πειρᾱεῦ Peirāeû | ||||||||||||
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| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | ὁ Πειρᾱεύς ho Peirāeús | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ Πειρᾱέως / Πειρᾱῶς toû Peirāéōs / Peirāôs | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ Πειρᾱεῖ tôi Peirāeî | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν Πειρᾱέᾱ / Πειρᾱᾶ tòn Peirāéā / Peirāâ | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Πειρᾱεῦ Peirāeû | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
The typical Modern Greek form is descended from Πειραιεύς (Peiraieús).
- → Arabic: بيرايوس
- → Bulgarian: Пирея (Pireja)
- → Catalan: Pireu
- → Czech: Pireus
- → Danish: Piræus
- → Dutch: Piraeus
- → Estonian: Pireus
- → Finnish: Pireus
- → French: Pirée
- → German: Piräus
- → Greek: Πειραεύς (Peiraéfs), Πειραάς (Peiraás)
- → Hebrew: פיראוס
- → Italian: Pireo
- → Japanese: ピレウス
- → Latin: Piraeus
- → Latvian: Pireja
- → Lithuanian: Pirėjas
- → Lombard: Piraeus
- → Luxembourgish: Piräus
- → Norwegian: Pireus
- → Polish: Pireus
- → Portuguese: Pireu
- → Romanian: Pireu
- → Russian: Пирей (Pirej)
- → Samogitian: Piriejos
- → Slovak: Pireus
- → Spanish: Pireo
- → Swedish: Pireus
- → Turkish: Pire
- → Ukrainian: Пірей (Pirej)
- → Welsh: Piraeus
References
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,022
- Πειραεύς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette