Περσική

See also: περσική

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

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

  1. Persia

Declension

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

Synonyms

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[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,021
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