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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

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 ἤχθη ἐπὶ πέρασ τὰ κατὰ τοὺσ ἄνδρασ τοὺσ ἐπισυνέχοντασ γυναῖκασ ἀλλογενεῖσ ἕωσ τῆσ νουμηνίασ τοῦ πρώτου μηνόσ. (Septuagint, Liber Esdrae I 9:17)
  • γ πυθομένου δέ μου τῶν συμβούλων, πῶσ ἂν ἀχθείη τοῦτο ἐπὶ πέρασ, ὁ σωφροσύνῃ παῤ ἡμῖν διενέγκασ καὶ ἐν τῇ εὐνοίᾳ ἀπαραλλάκτωσ καὶ βεβαίᾳ πίστει ἀποδεδειγμένοσ καὶ δεύτερον τῶν βασιλειῶν γέρασ ἀπενηνεγμένοσ Ἀμὰν (Septuagint, Liber Esther 3:16)
  • πέρασ οὖν κακῆσ ἀναστροφῆσ ἔτυχεν ἐγκλεισθεὶσ πρὸσ Ἀρέταν τὸν τῶν Ἀράβων τύρρανον, πόλιν ἐκ πόλεωσ φεύγων, διωκόμενοσ ὑπὸ πάντων καὶ στυγούμενοσ ὡσ τῶν νόμων ἀποστάτησ καὶ βδελυσσόμενοσ ὡσ πατρίδοσ καὶ πολιτῶν δήμιοσ, εἰσ Αἴγυπτον ἐξεβράσθη. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees II 5:8)
  • οἵ τε πρὸσ τούτοισ λειτουργοὶ κατὰ τὴν ἑσπέραν ἀξιόντεσ τὰσ τῶν ταλαιπώρων ἐδέσμευον χεῖρασ τήν τε λοιπὴν ἐμηχανῶντο περὶ αὐτοὺσ ἀσφάλειαν, ἔννυχον δόξαντεσ ὁμοῦ λήψεσθαι τὸ φῦλον πέρασ τῆσ ὀλεθρίασ. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees III 5:5)
  • γνώρισόν μοι, Κύριε, τὸ πέρασ μου καὶ τὸν ἀριθμὸν τῶν ἡμερῶν μου, τίσ ἐστιν, ἵνα γνῶ τί ὑστερῶ ἐγώ. (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 38:5)

Synonyms

  1. end

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