Perseis

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [pɛrˈseː.ɪs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [perˈsɛː.is]

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Περσηΐς (Persēḯs), from Περσεύς (Perseús) +‎ -ις (-is), literally “sprung of Perseus”. By surface analysis, Perseus +‎ -is.

Persēis f sg (genitive Persēidos or Persēidis); third declension

1. Alcmene (grand-daughter of Perseus)
2. the Perseid (poem by Trinacrius)
3. a city in Paeonia, named after Perseus of Macedon

• → English: Perseid, Perseis
• → French: Perséide f

Persēis f sg (genitive Persēidos or Persēidis); third declension

1. (Contemporary Latin, astronomy) Perseid (meteor)

Third-declension noun (Greek-type, normal variant or non-Greek-type).

¹In poetry.

• → English: Perseid
• → French: Perséide f

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Περσηΐς (Persēḯs), from Πέρσης (Pérsēs) +‎ -ις (-is), literally “sprung of Perses”. By surface analysis, Perses +‎ -is.

Persēis f sg (genitive Persēidos or Persēidis); third declension

1. Hecate (daughter of Perses)
   • 8 CE, Ovid, Metamorphoses 7.74:

     Ibat ad antiquas Hecates Perseidos aras

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Third-declension noun (Greek-type, normal variant or non-Greek-type).

¹In poetry.

• → English: Perseid
• → French: Perséide f

• Perseis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.