Περσίς

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See also: πέρσις

Ancient Greek

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Persia (disambiguation)

Etymology

From Old Persian 𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿 (p-a-r-s /⁠Pārsa⁠/) + -ῐς (-is, feminine suffix).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /per.sís/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /perˈsis/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /perˈsis/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /perˈsis/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /perˈsis/

Adjective

Περσῐ́ς • (Persís) f (genitive Περσῐ́δος, third)

Persian

Synonyms

(Persian): Περσῐκός (Persikós), Πέρσης m (Pérsēs)

Proper noun

Περσῐ́ς • (Persís) f (genitive Περσῐ́δος); third declension

Persia
Persis, a given name

Synonyms

(Persia): Περσῐκή (Persikḗ)

Noun

Περσῐ́ς • (Persís) f (genitive Περσῐ́δος); third declension

a female Persian

Declension

Third declension of ἡ Περσῐ́ς; τῆς Περσῐ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ Περσῐ́ς hē Persís	τὼ Περσῐ́δε tṑ Persíde	αἱ Περσῐ́δες hai Persídes
Genitive	τῆς Περσῐ́δος tês Persídos	τοῖν Περσῐ́δοιν toîn Persídoin	τῶν Περσῐ́δων tôn Persídōn
Dative	τῇ Περσῐ́δῐ têi Persídi	τοῖν Περσῐ́δοιν toîn Persídoin	ταῖς Περσῐ́σῐ / Περσῐ́σῐν taîs Persísi(n)
Accusative	τὴν Περσῐ́δᾰ tḕn Persída	τὼ Περσῐ́δε tṑ Persíde	τᾱ̀ς Περσῐ́δᾰς tā̀s Persídas
Vocative	Περσῐ́ς Persís	Περσῐ́δε Persíde	Περσῐ́δες Persídes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Synonyms

Πέρσης m (Pérsēs)

Derived terms

Greek:
- Περσίς (Persís)
- Περσίδα (Persída)
- plural: Περσίδες (Persídes)
Latin: Persis

Related terms

Περσῐκός (Persikós)
Περσῐκή (Persikḗ)
Περσῐστῐ́ (Persistí)

Further reading

“Περσίς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“Περσίς”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
G4069 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
Περσίς in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,021

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