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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

  • τῶν δ’ ἄλλων Περσίδων ἐκράτησε τοσοῦτο σωφροσύνῃ, ὅσον ἀνδρείᾳ Περσῶν· (Plutarch, De Alexandri magni fortuna aut virtute, chapter 2, section 6 2:3)
  • τῶν δ’ ἄλλων Περσίδων ἐκράτησε τοσοῦτον σωφροσύνῃ, ὅσον ἀνδρείᾳ Περσῶν ἄκουσαν μὲν γὰρ οὐδεμίαν εἶδεν, ἃσ δ’ εἶδε μᾶλλον ἢ ἃσ οὐκ εἶδε παρῆλθε. (Plutarch, De Alexandri magni fortuna aut virtute, chapter 2, section 6 1:4)
  • ὦ βαθυζώνων ἄνασσα Περσίδων ὑπερτάτη, μῆτερ ἡ Ξέρξου γεραιά, χαῖρε, Δαρείου γύναι· (Aeschylus, Persians, choral, trochees1)
  • μεμνῆσθαί τοι πάρα ὡσ πολλὰσ Περσίδων μάταν ἔκτισαν εὔνιδασ ἠδ’ ἀνάνδρουσ. (Aeschylus, Persians, choral, antistrophe 32)
  • λέγεται δὲ καὶ ὅδε λόγοσ, ἐμοὶ μὲν οὐ πιθανόσ, ὡσ τῶν Περσίδων γυναικῶν ἐσελθοῦσά τισ παρὰ τὰσ Κύρου γυναῖκασ, ὡσ εἶδε τῇ Κασσανδάνῃ παρεστεῶτα τέκνα εὐειδέα τε καὶ μεγάλα, πολλῷ ἐχρᾶτο τῷ ἐπαίνῳ ὑπερθωμάζουσα, ἡ δὲ Κασσανδάνη ἐοῦσα τοῦ Κύρου γυνὴ εἶπε τάδε· (Herodotus, The Histories, book 3, chapter 3 2:2)

Synonyms

  1. a female Persian

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