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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *per-. Compare πέρᾱν (pérān, “across”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pé.raː/ → /ˈpe.ra/ → /ˈpe.ra/
Adverb
πέρᾱ • (pérā)
- beyond
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “πέρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “πέρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- πέρα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek πέρᾱ (pérā).
Adverb
πέρα • (péra)
- beyond
Derived terms
- εκεί πέρα (ekeí péra, “over there”)
- εδώ πέρα (edó péra, “1. here; 2. in that case”)
- κάνω πέρα (káno péra, “1. step aside; 2. oust, distance”)
- πέρα από κάθε (péra apó káthe, “beyond”)
- πέρα βρέχει (péra vréchei)
- πέρα δώθε (péra dóthe, “back and forth”)
- πέρα για πέρα (péra gia péra, “totally, absolutely”)
- πέρα ως πέρα (péra os péra, “totally, absolutely”)
- τα βγάζω πέρα (ta vgázo péra, “I manage”)
- τα φέρνω πέρα (ta férno péra, “I manage”)