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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
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative Περσίς Περσίδε Περσίδες
Genitive Περσίδος Περσίδοιν Περσίδων
Dative Περσίδι Περσίδοιν Περσίσιν*
Accusative Περσίδα Περσίδε Περσίδας
Vocative Περσί Περσίδε Περσίδες

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

  • ἀλλ’ ὀρθῶσ ἡ Περσὶσ εἶπεν, ἀντὶ τῶν τέκνων ἑλομένη σῶσαι τὸν ἀδελφόν, ὅτι παῖδασ μὲν ἑτέρουσ κτήσασθαι δύναιτ’ ἄν, ἀδελφὸσ δ’ ἄλλοσ αὐτῇ, γονέων μὴ ὄντων, οὐκ ἂν γένοιτο. (Plutarch, De fraterno amore, section 7 3:2)
  • "ἡ δὲ Μηδία χώρα καὶ ἡ Περσὶσ ἄλλα τε ἔχει πλείω καὶ τὸ μῆλον τὸ Περσικὸν ἢ Μηδικὸν καλούμενον. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 3, book 3, chapter 261)
  • ὦ γῆσ ἁπάσησ Ἀσιάδοσ πολίσματα, ὦ Περσὶσ αἰᾶ καὶ πολὺσ πλούτου λιμήν, ὡσ ἐν μιᾷ πληγῇ κατέφθαρται πολὺσ ὄλβοσ, τὸ Περσῶν δ’ ἄνθοσ οἴχεται πεσόν. (Aeschylus, Persians, episode, trochees 2:1)
  • πέμπετε δ’ ἄνω οἱο͂ν οὔπω Περσὶσ αἶ’ ἐκάλυψεν. (Aeschylus, Persians, choral, antistrophe 12)
  • ἰὼ ἰώ, Περσὶσ αἰᾶ δύσβατοσ. (Aeschylus, Persians, choral, epode4)

Synonyms

  1. a female Persian

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