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πέρα

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: πέρα

Structure: περ (Stem) + ᾱ (Ending)

Etym.: v. pe/ran sub fin.

Sense

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 ἀπ̓ ἐμοῦ. ἐγὼ Ἀρθασασθὰ βασιλεὺσ ἔθηκα γνώμην πάσαισ ταῖσ γάζαισ ταῖσ ἐν πέρᾳ τοῦ ποταμοῦ, ὅτι πᾶν, ὃ ἄν αἰτήσῃ ὑμᾶσ Ἔδρασ ὁ ἱερεὺσ καὶ γραμματεὺσ τοῦ Θεοῦ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, ἑτοίμωσ γινέσθω, (Septuagint, Liber Esdrae II 7:21)
  • καὶ σύ, Ἔσδρα, ὡσ ἡ σοφία τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐν χειρί σου, κατάστησον γραμματεῖσ καὶ κριτάσ, ἵνα ὦσι κρίνοντεσ παντὶ τῷ λαῷ ἐν πέρᾳ τοῦ ποταμοῦ πᾶσι τοῖσ εἰδόσι νόμον τοῦ Θεοῦ σου, καὶ τῷ μὴ εἰδότι γνωριεῖτε. (Septuagint, Liber Esdrae II 7:25)
  • οὐ πάντα φημὶ ὅσα προσῆν αὐτῷ, ‐ μεῖζον γὰρ εὐχῆσ τοῦτό γε ‐ ἀλλὰ κἂν ἓν ἐκ τῶν ἁπάντων, οἱο͂ν ἢ κάλλοσ τῶν λόγων ἢ ἁρμονίαν αὐτῶν ἢ τὸ οἰκεῖον τῇ Ιὠνίᾳ καὶ προσφυὲσ ἢ τῆσ γνώμησ τὸ περιττὸν ἢ ὅσα μυρία καλὰ ἐκεῖνοσ ἅμα πάντα συλλαβὼν ἔχει πέρα τῆσ εἰσ μίμησιν ἐλπίδοσ· (Lucian, Herodotus 1:2)
  • ὁρ́α μόνον μὴ λεπτότερον ἐξεργασώμεθα τὸ ἔργον ἀπομηκύναντεσ πέρα τοῦ πιθανοῦ, εἶτα συγκαταρριφέντεσ αὐτῷ πικρᾶσ τῆσ Ὁμήρου οἰκοδομικῆσ πειραθῶμεν συντριβέντεσ τῶν κρανίων. (Lucian, Contemplantes, (no name) 5:5)
  • ἀλλ’ οὐχ ὥστε, ὦ Κλωθοῖ, πέρα τοῦ μέτρου δεσπόζειν κοινοῦ κτήματοσ, ἐπεὶ οὐδὲ ἡμεῖσ ποτε αὐτόν, ἀπιέναι δέον, κατεσχήκαμεν. (Lucian, Cataplus, (no name) 2:3)

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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