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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

  • υ καὶ ὑμεῖσ οὖν ἐν ταῖσ ἐπωνύμοισ ὑμῶν ἑορταῖσ ἐπίσημον ἡμέραν μετὰ πάσησ εὐωχίασ ἄγεται, ὅπωσ καὶ νῦν καὶ μετὰ ταῦτα σωτηρία ᾖ ἡμῖν καὶ τοῖσ εὐνοοῦσι Πέρσαισ, τοῖσ δὲ ἡμῖν ἐπιβουλεύουσι μνημόσυνον τῆσ ἀπωλείασ. (Septuagint, Liber Esther 8:32)
  • φάρεσ, διῄρηται ἡ βασιλεία σου, καὶ ἐδόθη Μήδοισ καὶ Πέρσαισ. ‐ (Septuagint, Prophetia Danielis 5:28)
  • τότε οἱ ἄνδρεσ ἐκεῖνοι λέγουσι τῷ βασιλεῖ. γνῶθι, βασιλεῦ, ὅτι τὸ δόγμα Μήδοισ καὶ Πέρσαισ τοῦ πᾶν ὁρισμὸν καὶ στάσιν, ἣν ἂν ὁ βασιλεὺσ στήσῃ, οὐ δεῖ παραλλάξαι. ‐ (Septuagint, Prophetia Danielis 6:15)
  • , Ἀσσυρίων δὲ καὶ Ἀράβων οἱ ἐξηγηταὶ τῶν μύθων, Ἰνδῶν δὲ οἱ καλούμενοι Βραχμᾶνεσ, ἄνδρεσ ἀκριβῶσ φιλοσοφίᾳ σχολάζοντεσ, καὶ οἱ καλούμενοι δὲ μάγοι, γένοσ τοῦτο μαντικὸν καὶ θεοῖσ ἀνακείμενον παρά τε Πέρσαισ καὶ Πάρθοισ καὶ Βάκτροισ καὶ Χωρασμίοισ καὶ Ἀρείοισ καὶ Σάκαισ καὶ Μήδοισ καὶ παρὰ πολλοῖσ ἄλλοισ βαρβάροισ, ἐρρωμένοι τέ εἰσι καὶ πολυχρόνιοι διὰ τὸ μαγεύειν διαιτώμενοι καὶ αὐτοὶ ἀκριβέστερον. (Lucian, Macrobii, (no name) 4:2)
  • Ἀρταξέρξησ ὁ Μνήμων ἐπικληθείσ, ἐφ’ ὃν Κῦροσ ὁ ἀδελφὸσ ἐστρατεύσατο, βασιλεύων ἐν Πέρσαισ ἐτελεύτησεν νόσῳ ἓξ καὶ ὀγδοήκοντα ἐτῶν γενόμενοσ, ὡσ δὲ Δίνων ἱστορεῖ, τεσσάρων καὶ ἐνενήκοντα. (Lucian, Macrobii, (no name) 15:1)

Synonyms

  1. a Persian

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