πέρας

Ancient Greek

Perhaps akin to πείρω (peírō, “to pierce, to run through”) or περάω (peráō, “to drive right through”), see also πέρα (péra) and πέραν (péran), from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“to pierce”).

πέρας • (péras) n (genitive πέρᾰτος); third declension

Third declension of τὸ πέρᾰς; τοῦ πέρᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ πέρᾰς tò péras	τὼ πέρᾰτε tṑ pérate	τᾰ̀ πέρᾰτᾰ tà pérata
Genitive	τοῦ πέρᾰτος toû pératos	τοῖν περᾰ́τοιν toîn perátoin	τῶν περᾰ́των tôn perátōn
Dative	τῷ πέρᾰτῐ tôi pérati	τοῖν περᾰ́τοιν toîn perátoin	τοῖς πέρᾰσῐ / πέρᾰσῐν toîs pérasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ πέρᾰς tò péras	τὼ πέρᾰτε tṑ pérate	τᾰ̀ πέρᾰτᾰ tà pérata
Vocative	πέρᾰς péras	πέρᾰτε pérate	πέρᾰτᾰ pérata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ts.

πέρας • (péras) n (plural πέρατα)

end
στα πέρατα της γης/του κόσμου (to the ends of the earth/the world)

στα πέρατα και βροχή του Μάρτη (until the end of the March rains)

declension of πέρας

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