Περσίς

See also: πέρσις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Old Persian 𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿 (p-a-r-s /⁠Pārsa⁠/) + -ῐς (-ĭs, feminine suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /per.sís/ → /perˈsis/ → /perˈsis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /per.sís/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /perˈsis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /perˈsis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /perˈsis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /perˈsis/

Adjective

Περσῐ́ς • (Persĭ́s) f (genitive Περσῐ́δος, third)

1. Persian

   Synonym: Περσῐκή (Persĭkḗ)

   Coordinate term: Πέρσης m (Pérsēs)

Proper noun

Περσῐ́ς • (Persĭ́s) f (genitive Περσῐ́δος); third declension

1. Persis, Persia

   Synonym: Περσῐκή (Persĭkḗ)

2. a female given name, Persis

Noun

Περσῐ́ς • (Persĭ́s) f (genitive Περσῐ́δος); third declension

1. a female Persian

   Coordinate term: Πέρσης m (Pérsēs)

Declension

Third declension of ἡ Περσῐ́ς; τῆς Περσῐ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ Περσῐ́ς hē Persĭ́s	τὼ Περσῐ́δε tṑ Persĭ́de	αἱ Περσῐ́δες hai Persĭ́des
Genitive	τῆς Περσῐ́δος tês Persĭ́dos	τοῖν Περσῐ́δοιν toîn Persĭ́doin	τῶν Περσῐ́δων tôn Persĭ́dōn
Dative	τῇ Περσῐ́δῐ tēî Persĭ́dĭ	τοῖν Περσῐ́δοιν toîn Persĭ́doin	ταῖς Περσῐ́σῐ / Περσῐ́σῐν taîs Persĭ́sĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν Περσῐ́δᾰ tḕn Persĭ́dă	τὼ Περσῐ́δε tṑ Persĭ́de	τᾱ̀ς Περσῐ́δᾰς tā̀s Persĭ́dăs
Vocative	Περσῐ́ Persĭ́	Περσῐ́δε Persĭ́de	Περσῐ́δες Persĭ́des
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-δς (*-ds).

Related terms

• Περσῐκός (Persĭkós)
• Περσῐκή (Persĭkḗ)
• Περσῐστῐ́ (Persĭstĭ́)

Descendants

• Greek: Περσίς (Persís), Περσίδα (Persída)
• → Latin: Persis
  • Catalan: Pèrsida
  • → English: Persis
  • French: Perside
  • → German: Persis
  • Italian: Perside
  • → Old English: Persida
  • → Polish: Persyda
  • Spanish: Pérsida
• → Old East Slavic: Персида (Persida), Перъсида (Perŭsida)
  • Old Ruthenian: Перси́да (Persída) (17ᵗʰ cent.)
  • ⇒ Old Ruthenian: перси́дскїй (persídskij)
    • Belarusian: персі́дскі (pjersídski)
    • Ukrainian: перси́дський (persýdsʹkyj)
  • ⇒ Russian: перси́дский (persídskij)

Further reading

• “Περσίς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Περσίς”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001), A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• G4069 in Strong, James (1979), Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Περσίς in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007), Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,021