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Περσίς

Third declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: Περσίς Περσίδος

Structure: Περσιδ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: Persiko/s의 여성형

Sense

  1. a female Persian

Declension

Third 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

  • τὰσ δὲ ἄλλασ αἰχμαλώτουσ ὁρῶν ὁ Ἀλέξανδροσ κάλλει καὶ μεγέθει διαφερούσασ ἔλεγε παίζων ὡσ εἰσὶν ἀλγηδόνεσ ὀμμάτων αἱ Περσίδεσ, ἀντεπιδεικνύμενοσ δὲ πρὸσ τὴν ἰδέαν τὴν ἐκείνων τὸ τῆσ ἰδίασ ἐγκρατείασ καὶ σωφροσύνησ κάλλοσ, ὥσπερ ἀψύχουσ εἰκόνασ ἀγαλμάτων παρέπεμψεν. (Plutarch, Alexander, chapter 21 5:1)
  • Περσίδεσ δ’ ἁβροπενθεῖσ ἑκά‐ στα πόθῳ φιλάνορι τὸν αἰχμάεντα θοῦρον εὐνα‐ τῆρ’ ἀποπεμψαμένα λείπεται μονόζυξ. (Aeschylus, Persians, choral, antistrophe 62)
  • αἱ δ’ ἁβρόγοοι Περσίδεσ ἀνδρῶν ποθέουσαι ἰδεῖν ἀρτιζυγίαν, λέκτρων εὐνὰσ ἁβροχίτωνασ, χλιδανῆσ ἥβησ τέρψιν, ἀφεῖσαι, πενθοῦσι γόοισ ἀκορεστοτάτοισ. (Aeschylus, Persians, episode, anapests3)

Synonyms

  1. a female Persian

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