Perdiccas

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Latin

Alternative forms

Perdicca

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Περδίκκας (Perdíkkas).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /perˈdik.kaːs/,
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /perˈdik.kas/,

Proper noun

Perdiccās m sg (genitive Perdiccae); first declension

The name of three kings of Macedonia

Declension

First-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ās), singular only.

	singular
nominative	Perdiccās
genitive	Perdiccae
dative	Perdiccae
accusative	Perdiccān
ablative	Perdiccā
vocative	Perdiccā

References

“Perdiccas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Perdiccas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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