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πέρας

Third declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: πέρας πέρατος

Structure: περατ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: pe/ra

Sense

  1. end, goal, extremity

Declension

Third declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative πέρας πέρατε πέρατα
Genitive πέρατος περάτοιν περάτων
Dative πέρατι περάτοιν πέρασιν*
Accusative πέρας πέρατε πέρατα
Vocative πέρας πέρατε πέρατα

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

  • αἴτησαι παῤ ἐμοῦ, καὶ δώσω σοι ἔθνη τὴν κληρονομίαν σου καὶ τὴν κατάσχεσίν σου τὰ πέρατα τῆσ γῆσ. (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 2:8)
  • εἰσ πᾶσαν τὴν γῆν ἐξῆλθεν ὁ φθόγγοσ αὐτῶν καὶ εἰσ τὰ πέρατα τῆσ οἰκουμένησ τὰ ῥήματα αὐτῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 18:5)
  • μνησθήσονται καὶ ἐπιστραφήσονται πρὸσ Κύριον πάντα τὰ πέρατα τῆσ γῆσ καὶ προσκυνήσουσιν ἐνώπιον αὐτοῦ πᾶσαι αἱ πατριαὶ τῶν ἐθνῶν, (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 21:28)
  • κατὰ τὸ ὄνομά σου, ὁ Θεόσ, οὕτω καὶ ἡ αἴνεσίσ σου ἐπὶ τὰ πέρατα τῆσ γῆσ. δικαιοσύνησ πλήρησ ἡ δεξιά σου. (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 47:11)
  • καὶ φοβηθήσονται οἱ κατοικοῦντεσ τὰ πέρατα ἀπὸ τῶν σημείων σου. ἐξόδουσ πρωί̈ασ καὶ ἑσπέρασ τέρψεισ. (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 64:9)

Synonyms

  1. end

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