Περσική

See also: περσική

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From an ellipsis of Περσῐκή γῆ (Persikḗ gê, “Persian land”).

Pronunciation
 

Proper noun

Περσῐκή • (Persikḗ) f (genitive Περσῐκῆς); first declension

  1. Persia

Declension
First declension of ἡ Περσῐκή; τῆς Περσῐκῆς (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ἡ Περσῐκή
hē Persikḗ
Genitive τῆς Περσῐκῆς
tês Persikês
Dative τῇ Περσῐκῇ
têi Persikêi
Accusative τὴν Περσῐκήν
tḕn Persikḗn
Vocative Περσῐκή
Persikḗ
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms
  • Περσῐκός (Persikós)
  • Περσῐ́ς (Persís)
  • Περσῐστῐ́ (Persistí)

Descendants
  • Greek: Περσική (Persikí)
  • → Latin: Persica
    • ⇒ Latin: persicum (“peach”) (see there for further descendants)

Further reading
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,021
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.