Persis

From Latin Persis, from Ancient Greek Περσίς (Persís). Doublet of Fars.

Persis

1. (historical) A region of ancient Iran in its southwest; modern Fars province.

Ancient Greek Περσίς (Persís, “a Persian woman”).

Persis

1. An early Christian, mentioned in the epistle to the Romans.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Romans 16:12:
     :

     Salute the beloved Persis, which laboured much in the Lord.

2. A female given name from Ancient Greek, in occasional use since the 16th century.

• spiers, resips, pisser, prises, spires, Speirs, 'spires, Spires, Spiers

From the Ancient Greek Περσῐ́ς (Persĭ́s, “Persia”, also “a Persian woman”).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈpɛr.sɪs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈpɛr.sis]

Persis f sg (genitive Persidos or Persidis); third declension

1. the country of Persis, between Caramania, Media, and Susiana, now Fars or Farsistan

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

¹In poetry.

• Persia

• English: Persis
• ?French: Perside

Persis f (feminine adjective, genitive Persidos or Persidis); third declension

1. (poetic) Persian

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

¹In poetry.

• (Persian): Persicus

Persis f (genitive Persidos or Persidis); third declension

1. a Persian woman

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

¹In poetry.

• “Persis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Persis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1,160/2.
• “Persis¹” on pages 1,355–6 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
• “Persis²” on pages 1,356/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)