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Πέρσης

First declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: Πέρσης Πέρσου

Structure: Περς (Stem) + ης (Ending)

Sense

  1. a Persian

Declension

First declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • αὐτὰρ ἐγὼ τὴν πέρσα μεθορμηθεὶσ σὺν Ἀθήνῃ καὶ Διὶ πατρί, ληϊάδασ δὲ γυναῖκασ ἐλεύθερον ἦμαρ ἀπούρασ ἦγον· (Homer, Iliad, Book 20 20:12)
  • "οὕτω τὸ ἐμὸν ἔχει, ὦ Πέρσα. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 4, chapter 127 1:2)
  • ἐδόκεε ὁ Ξέρξησ ἄνδρα οἱ ἐπιστάντα μέγαν τε καὶ εὐειδέα εἰπεῖν "μετὰ δὴ βουλεύεαι, ὦ Πέρσα, στράτευμα μὴ ἄγειν ἐπὶ τὴν Ἑλλάδα, προείπασ ἁλίζειν Πέρσασ στρατόν; (Herodotus, The Histories, book 7, chapter 12 2:5)
  • αὐτὰρ ἐγὼ τὴν πέρσα, μεθορμηθείσ. (Strabo, Geography, Book 13, chapter 1 89:3)

Synonyms

  1. a Persian

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