Perses

See also: perses

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Persēs, from Ancient Greek Πέρσης (Pérsēs), apparently from the verb πέρθω (pérthō, “to sack, ravage, destroy (a city); to slay (a person)”).

Proper noun

Perses

1. (Greek mythology) The name of various male characters
   2. A Titan, son of Crius and Eurybia
   4. A Perseid, son of Perseus and Andromeda

Translations

Translations

• French: Persès m
• Italian: Perse m
• Russian: Перс m (Pers)
• Thai: เพอร์เซส (phoeset)

Anagrams

• Espers, Persse, espers, speers, speres, sperse, sprees

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɛʁs/

Noun

Perses m pl or f pl

1. plural of Perse

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈpɛr.seːs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈpɛr.ses]

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Ancient Greek [Term?]?

Ancient Greek Πέρσης (Pérsēs)bor.

Latin Perses

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πέρσης (Pérsēs), apparently from the verb πέρθω (pérthō, “to sack, ravage, destroy (a city); to slay (a person)”).

Proper noun

Persēs m (genitive Persae); first declension

1. (Greek mythology) The name of various male characters
   1. Perses (a Titan, son of Crius and Eurybia)
   2. Perses (a Perseid, son of Perseus and Andromeda)

Declension

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

	singular
nominative	Persēs
genitive	Persae
dative	Persae
accusative	Persēn
ablative	Persē
vocative	Persē

Descendants

• → English: Perses
• French: Persès
• → German: Perses
• Italian: Perse

Etymology 2

Etymology tree

Old Persian 𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿 (p-a-r-s /⁠pārsa⁠/)bor.

Ancient Greek Πέρσης (Pérsēs)bor.

Latin Perses

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πέρσης (Pérsēs), from Old Persian 𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿 (p-a-r-s /⁠pārsa⁠/).

Noun

Persēs m (genitive Persae); first declension

1. alternative form of Persa

Declension

First-declension noun (masculine, Greek-type, nominative singular in -ēs).

	singular	plural
nominative	Persēs	Persae
genitive	Persae	Persārum
dative	Persae	Persīs
accusative	Persēn	Persās
ablative	Persē	Persīs
vocative	Persē	Persae

References

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