Πειραιεύς

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

The name roughly translates as "the place over the passage."

Pronunciation
 

Proper noun

Πειραιεύς • (Peiraieús) m (genitive Πειραιῶς); third declension

  1. Piraeus, Athens, Attica, Greece

Inflection
Third declension of ὁ Πειραιεύς; τοῦ Πειραιέως (contracted, Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ὁ Πειραιεύς
ho Peiraieús
Genitive τοῦ Πειραιέως / Πειραιῶς
toû Peiraiéōs / Peiraiôs
Dative τῷ Πειραιεῖ
tôi Peiraieî
Accusative τὸν Πειραιέᾱ / Πειραιᾶ
tòn Peiraiéā / Peiraiâ
Vocative Πειραιεῦ
Peiraieû
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
  • The first form is uncontracted, the second contracted.

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