περσέα

See also: Περσέα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • περσεία (perseía), περσία (persía)

Etymology

From Περσίς (Persís, “Persia”) +‎ -έᾱ (-éā), because this tree originated there.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

περσέᾱ • (perséā) f (genitive περσέᾱς); first declension

  1. persea, an Egyptian tree (Mimusops laurifolia)
  2. ornament in form of its leaf

Declension

First declension of ἡ περσέᾱ; τῆς περσέᾱς (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ περσέᾱ
hē perséā 		τὼ περσέᾱ
tṑ perséā 		αἱ περσέαι
hai perséai
Genitive τῆς περσέᾱς
tês perséās 		τοῖν περσέαιν
toîn perséain 		τῶν περσεῶν
tôn perseôn
Dative τῇ περσέᾳ
tēî perséāi 		τοῖν περσέαιν
toîn perséain 		ταῖς περσέαις
taîs perséais
Accusative τὴν περσέᾱν
tḕn perséān 		τὼ περσέᾱ
tṑ perséā 		τᾱ̀ς περσέᾱς
tā̀s perséās
Vocative περσέᾱ
perséā 		περσέᾱ
perséā 		περσέαι
perséai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

  • περσέϊνος (perséïnos)
  • πέρσειον (pérseion)
  • περσίδιον (persídion)

Descendants

  • → Latin: persea
  • → Translingual: Persea

References

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