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πειρατής

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πειρᾶσθαι (peirâsthai, “to try”) +‎ -τής (-tḗs, “-er”).

Pronunciation

(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pi.raˈte̝s/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pi.raˈtis/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /pi.raˈtis/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /pi.raˈtis/

Noun

πειρᾱτής • (peirātḗs) m (genitive πειρᾱτοῦ); first declension

brigand, robber

Declension

First declension of ὁ πειρᾱτής; τοῦ πειρᾱτοῦ (Koine)

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Descendants

Greek: πειρατής (peiratís)
→ Latin: pīrāta
- → Catalan: pirata
- → Old French: pirate
  - Middle French: pirate
    - French: pirate
    - → Dutch: piraat
  - Norman: pirate
  - → Middle English: pirate
    - English: pirate
- Italian: pirata, pirato (obsolete)
  - → German: Pirat
- Portuguese: pirata
- Sicilian: pirata, piratu
- Spanish: pirata
- → Translingual: Pirata
→ Translingual: Peirates

Further reading

πειρατής in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
“πειρατής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πειρατής (peiratḗs).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pi.raˈtis/

Noun

πειρατής • (peiratís) m (plural πειρατές, feminine πειρατίνα)

pirate, corsair
Synonym: κουρσάρος (koursáros)

Πειρατές του Αιγαίου ― Peiratés tou Aigaíou ― Pirates of the Aegean Sea
(figuratively) copier of copyright materials

Declension

More information singular, plural ...

Related terms

αεροπειρατής m (aeropeiratís, “highjacker”)
πειρατεία f (peirateía, “piracy”)

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