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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
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative Πέρσης Πέρσᾱ Πέρσαι
Genitive Πέρσου Πέρσαιν Περσῶν
Dative Πέρσῃ Πέρσαιν Πέρσαις
Accusative Πέρσην Πέρσᾱ Πέρσᾱς
Vocative Πέρσα Πέρσᾱ Πέρσαι

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

  • ἔφριξαν Πέρσαι τὴν τόλμαν αὐτῆσ, καὶ Μῆδοι τὸ θράσοσ αὐτῆσ ἐρράχθησαν. (Septuagint, Liber Iudith 16:10)
  • Πέρσαι καὶ Λυδοὶ καὶ Λίβυεσ ἦσαν ἐν τῇ δυνάμει σου, ἄνδρεσ πολεμισταί σου πέλτασ καὶ περικεφαλαίασ ἐκρέμασαν ἐν σοί, οὗτοι ἔδωκαν τὴν δόξαν σου. (Septuagint, Prophetia Ezechielis 27:10)
  • Πέρσαι καὶ Κρῆτεσ καὶ Λυδοὶ καὶ Λίβυεσ καὶ πάντεσ οἱ ἐπίμεικτοι καὶ τῶν υἱῶν τῆσ διαθήκησ μου μαχαίρᾳ πεσοῦνται ἐν αὐτῇ. (Septuagint, Prophetia Ezechielis 30:5)
  • Πέρσαι καὶ Αἰθίοπεσ καὶ Λίβυεσ, πάντεσ περικεφαλαίαισ καὶ πέλταισ, (Septuagint, Prophetia Ezechielis 38:5)
  • ὃσ εἰ διοίσει νύκτα τήνδ’ ἐσ αὔριον, οὔτε σφ’ Ἀχιλλεὺσ οὔτ’ ἂν Αἰάντοσ δόρυ μὴ πάντα πέρσαι ναύσταθμ’ Ἀργείων σχέθοι, τείχη κατασκάψαντα καὶ πυλῶν ἔσω λόγχῃ πλατεῖαν ἐσδρομὴν ποιούμενον. (Euripides, Rhesus, episode 1:3)

Synonyms

  1. a Persian

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