Perdiccas

Latin

Alternative forms

• Perdicca

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Περδίκκας (Perdíkkas).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /perˈdik.kaːs/, [pɛrˈd̪ɪkːäːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /perˈdik.kas/, [perˈd̪ikːäs]

Proper noun

Perdiccās m sg (genitive Perdiccae); first declension

1. The name of three kings of Macedonia

Declension

First-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ās), singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Perdiccās
Genitive	Perdiccae
Dative	Perdiccae
Accusative	Perdiccān
Ablative	Perdiccā
Vocative	Perdiccā

References

• “Perdiccas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Perdiccas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.