Περσική
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See also: περσική
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From an ellipsis of Περσῐκή γῆ (Persikḗ gê, “Persian land”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /per.si.kɛ̌ː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /per.siˈke̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /per.siˈci/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /per.siˈci/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /per.siˈci/
Proper noun
Περσῐκή • (Persikḗ) f (genitive Περσῐκῆς); first declension
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | ἡ Περσῐκή hē Persikḗ | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς Περσῐκῆς tês Persikês | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ Περσῐκῇ têi Persikêi | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν Περσῐκήν tḕn Persikḗn | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Περσῐκή Persikḗ | ||||||||||||
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Synonyms
- Περσῐ́ς (Persís)
Related terms
Descendants
- Greek: Περσική (Persikí)
- → Latin: Persica
- ⇒ Latin: persicum (“peach”) (see there for further descendants)
Further reading
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,021