Πέρσης

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Etymology

Borrowed from Old Persian 𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿 (p-a-r-s /⁠pārsa⁠/).

Connected by folk etymology to the verb πέρθω (pérthō, “to sack, ravage, destroy (a city); to slay (a person)”), due to the fact that ancient Greek-Persian relationships involved major military conflicts. This etymology is also found in Homer's Odyssey. This is also the explanation proferred for the name of the Titan, being the embodiment of destruction.

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Πέρσης • (Pérsēs) m (genitive Πέρσου); first declension (Epic, Ionic, Attic, Koine)

  1. Perses

Declension

First declension of ὁ Πέρσης; τοῦ Πέρσου (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ὁ Πέρσης
ho Pérsēs
Genitive τοῦ Πέρσου
toû Pérsou
Dative τῷ Πέρσῃ
tôi Pérsēi
Accusative τὸν Πέρσην
tòn Pérsēn
Vocative Πέρση
Pérsē
Notes:

Noun

Πέρσης • (Pérsēs) m (genitive Πέρσου); first declension (Epic, Ionic, Attic, Koine)

  1. a Persian

Declension

First declension of ὁ Πέρσης; τοῦ Πέρσου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ Πέρσης
ho Pérsēs 		τὼ Πέρσᾱ
tṑ Pérsā 		οἱ Πέρσαι
hoi Pérsai
Genitive τοῦ Πέρσου
toû Pérsou 		τοῖν Πέρσαιν
toîn Pérsain 		τῶν Περσῶν
tôn Persôn
Dative τῷ Πέρσῃ
tôi Pérsēi 		τοῖν Πέρσαιν
toîn Pérsain 		τοῖς Πέρσαις
toîs Pérsais
Accusative τὸν Πέρσην
tòn Pérsēn 		τὼ Πέρσᾱ
tṑ Pérsā 		τοὺς Πέρσᾱς
toùs Pérsās
Vocative Πέρσᾰ
Pérsa 		Πέρσᾱ
Pérsā 		Πέρσαι
Pérsai
Notes:
First declension of ὁ Πέρσης; τοῦ Πέρσεω (Ionic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ Πέρσης
ho Pérsēs 		τὼ Πέρσᾱ
tṑ Pérsā 		οἱ Πέρσαι
hoi Pérsai
Genitive τοῦ Πέρσεω / Πέρσω
toû Pérseō / Pérsō 		τοῖν Πέρσαιν
toîn Pérsain 		τῶν Περσέων / Περσῶν
tôn Perséōn / Persôn
Dative τῷ Πέρσῃ
tôi Pérsēi 		τοῖν Πέρσαιν
toîn Pérsain 		τοῖσῐ / τοῖσῐν Πέρσῃσῐ / Πέρσῃσῐν
toîsi(n) Pérsēisi(n)
Accusative τὸν Πέρσην
tòn Pérsēn 		τὼ Πέρσᾱ
tṑ Pérsā 		τοὺς Πέρσᾱς
toùs Pérsās
Vocative Πέρσᾰ
Pérsa 		Πέρσᾱ
Pérsā 		Πέρσαι
Pérsai
Notes:
  • Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Greek: Πέρσης (Pérsis) (plural Πέρσες (Pérses))
  • Latin: Perses (plural Persae)

References

  • “Πέρσης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “Πέρσης”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,021

Greek

Noun

Πέρσης • (Pérsis) m (plural Πέρσες, feminine Περσίδα)

  1. A Persian man

Declension

Declension of Πέρσης
singular plural
nominative Πέρσης • Πέρσες •
genitive Πέρση • Περσών •
accusative Πέρση • Πέρσες •
vocative Πέρση • Πέρσες •
see: Περσία
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