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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
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative πέρα πέρᾱ πέραι
Genitive πέρᾱς πέραιν περῶν
Dative πέρᾱͅ πέραιν πέραις
Accusative πέρᾱν πέρᾱ πέρᾱς
Vocative πέρᾱ πέρᾱ πέραι

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

  • τὸ πρᾶγμα δήλου καὶ πέραιν’, ὅπωσ λέγεισ. (Euripides, episode, anapests 4:19)
  • σὺ δὲ θαρσῶν, ὅταν ἥκῃ μέροσ ἔργων, ἐπαύ̈σασ πατρὸσ αὐδὰν θροούσᾳ πρὸσ σὲ τέκνον πατρὸσ αὐδὰν καὶ πέραιν’ ἀνεπίμομφον ἄταν. (Aeschylus, Libation Bearers, choral, ephymn 31)

Similar forms

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

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