Perse
English
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Etymology 1
[edit]Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πέρση (Pérsē), literally "destroyer", from the verb πέρθω (pérthō, “to destroy”). Compare Perses.
Proper noun
[edit]Perse
- (Greek mythology) An Oceanid, (one of the three thousand daughters of the Titans' Oceanus and Tethys), and the wife of the sun god, Helios, by whom she is the mother of Aeetes, Perses, Pasiphae, and Circe. One of her many sisters is Amphitrite, (the wife of Poseidon). Perse is also closely identified with Hecate.
Translations
[edit]Further reading
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]A variant of Piers.
Proper noun
[edit]Perse
- A rare surname transferred from the given name.
Anagrams
[edit]French
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Inherited from Middle French Perse, from Latin Persēs/Persa, from Ancient Greek Πέρσης (Pérsēs), from Old Persian 𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿 (p-a-r-s /pārsa/).
Noun
[edit]Perse m or f by sense (plural Perses)
Descendants
[edit]- Haitian Creole: Pès
Etymology 2
[edit]Inherited from Middle French Perse, from Latin Persia, from Persēs/Persa (“Persian man”) + -ia (suffix forming country names), literally “land of the Persians”, with the first element borrowed by Latin from Ancient Greek Πέρσης (Pérsēs), itself borrowed from Old Persian 𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿 (p-a-r-s /pārsa/). By surface analysis, Perse (“Persian”) + -ie.
The Latin suffix -ia was muted in French because it was unstressed, in this term as in Grèce (from Latin Graecia) or France (from Latin Francia).[1] Compare the learned doublet Persie.
Proper noun
[edit]Perse f
Descendants
[edit]- Haitian Creole: Pès
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Gaston Paris (1862), Étude sur le rôle de l'accent latin dans la langue francaise, page 94: "Pour les noms géographiques, il y a quelques observations assez délicates à faire. Les noms de lieux en ĭa qui existaient en latin suivent généralement la règle ordinaire et suppriment le suffixe : Persia-Perse ; Græcia-Grèce ; Francia-France."
Anagrams
[edit]Middle French
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Latin Persēs, Persa, from Ancient Greek Πέρσης (Pérsēs), from Old Persian 𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿 (p-a-r-s /pārsa/).
Noun
[edit]Perse m or f by sense (plural Perses)
Descendants
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]From Latin Persia, from Persēs/Persa (“Persian man”) + -ia (suffix forming country names), literally “land of the Persians”, with the first element borrowed by Latin from Ancient Greek Πέρσης (Pérsēs), itself borrowed from Old Persian 𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿 (p-a-r-s /pārsa/). By surface analysis, Perse (“Persian”) + -ie.
The Latin suffix -ia was muted in French because it was unstressed, in this term as in Græce (from Latin Graecia) or France (from Latin Francia).[1] Compare the learned doublet Persie.
Proper noun
[edit]Perse f
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Gaston Paris (1862), Étude sur le rôle de l'accent latin dans la langue francaise, page 94: "Pour les noms géographiques, il y a quelques observations assez délicates à faire. Les noms de lieux en ĭa qui existaient en latin suivent généralement la règle ordinaire et suppriment le suffixe : Persia-Perse ; Græcia-Grèce ; Francia-France."
Old English
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Perse m pl
- the Persians
- late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans
- Þǣr wæs Persa X M ofslæġen ġehorsedra, ⁊ eahtatiġ M fēþena,⁊ eahtatiġ M ġefangenra.
- There, 10,000 Persian cavalry were slain, and 80,000 infanty, and 80,000 were captured.
- late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | — | Perse |
| accusative | — | Perse |
| genitive | — | Persa, Persea |
| dative | — | Persum, Perseum |
References
[edit]- Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “Perse”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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