πέρα
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From a petrified case form of Proto-Indo-European *per- (“beyond, across”), originally meaning "other side"; compare πέρᾱν (pérān, “across”).[1]
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pé.raː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈpe.ra/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈpe.ra/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈpe.ra/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈpe.ra/
Adverb
πέρᾱ • (pérā)
Derived terms
- περαῖος (peraîos)
- περάω (peráō)
Descendants
- Greek: πέρα (péra)
References
- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “περᾱ”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1175
Further reading
- “πέρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “πέρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- πέρα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- beyond idem, page 77.
- excessively idem, page 288.
- extravagantly idem, page 298.
- farther idem, page 307.
- further idem, page 350.
- more idem, page 541.
- past idem, page 597.
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek πέρᾱ (pérā).
Adverb
πέρα • (péra)
Derived terms
- εδώ πέρα (edó péra, “1. here; 2. in that case”)
- εκεί πέρα (ekeí péra, “over there”)
- κάνω πέρα (káno péra, “1. step aside; 2. oust, distance”)
- πέρα από κάθε (péra apó káthe, “beyond”)
- πέρα βρέχει (péra vréchei)
- πέρα για πέρα (péra gia péra, “totally, absolutely”)
- πέρα δώθε (péra dóthe, “back and forth”)
- πέρα ως πέρα (péra os péra, “totally, absolutely”)
- τα βγάζω πέρα (ta vgázo péra, “I manage”)
- τα φέρνω πέρα (ta férno péra, “I manage”)