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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

  • καὶ ἦσαν παῖδεσ αὐτῷ καὶ τοῖσ υἱοῖσ αὐτοῦ μέχρι τοῦ βασιλεῦσαι Πέρσασ εἰσ ἀναπλήρωσιν ρήματοσ τοῦ Κυρίου ἐν στόματι Ἱερεμίου. (Septuagint, Liber Esdrae I 1:54)
  • καὶ ὁ τύραννοσ Ἀντίοχοσ καὶ ἐπὶ γῆσ τετιμώρηται καὶ ἀποθανὼν κολάζεται. ὡσ γὰρ οὐδὲν οὐδαμῶσ ἴσχυσεν ἀναγκάσαι τοὺσ Ἱεροσολυμίτασ ἀλλοφυλῆσαι καὶ τῶν πατρίων ἐθῶν ἐκδιαιτηθῆναι, τότε δὴ ἀπάρασ ἀπὸ τῶν Ἱεροσολύμων ἐστρατοπέδευσεν ἐπὶ Πέρσασ. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees IV 18:5)
  • ἡ δ’ ἐμὴ πολιτεία καὶ ὁ τότε θόρυβοσ συνεπέστησε τὴν πόλιν, καὶ διεκώλυσεν ὥσπερ κῦμα πανταχόθεν ἐπικλύσαι τὴν Ἀττικήν, καὶ τὴν ἐν Βοιωτίᾳ παρασκευὴν ἔτρεψεν εἰσ Πέρσασ. (Demades, On the Twelve Years, 57:1)
  • καὶ εἴ γε τοῦτον μὴ παρασκευάσαιο, οἴχοιτο ἄν σοι ὁ χρυσὸσ ἐσ Πέρσασ αἰχμάλωτοσ. (Lucian, Contemplantes, (no name) 12:19)
  • ἐγὼ γὰρ ἕξω τοὺσ μέγ’ αὐχοῦντασ δορὶ πέρσασ Ἀχαιούσ, καίπερ ὕστεροσ μολών. (Euripides, Rhesus, episode, iambics 1:12)

Synonyms

  1. a Persian

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