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Perseis
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Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [pɛrˈseː.ɪs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [perˈsɛː.is]
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Περσηΐς (Persēḯs), from Περσεύς (Perseús) + -ις (-is), literally “sprung of Perseus”. By surface analysis, Perseus + -is.
Proper noun
Persēis f sg (genitive Persēidos or Persēidis); third declension
- Alcmene (grand-daughter of Perseus)
- the Perseid (poem by Trinacrius)
- a city in Paeonia, named after Perseus of Macedon
Descendants
Noun
Persēis f sg (genitive Persēidos or Persēidis); third declension
- (Contemporary Latin, astronomy) Perseid (meteor)
Declension
Third-declension noun (Greek-type, normal variant or non-Greek-type).
1In poetry.
Descendants
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Περσηΐς (Persēḯs), from Πέρσης (Pérsēs) + -ις (-is), literally “sprung of Perses”. By surface analysis, Perses + -is.
Proper noun
Persēis f sg (genitive Persēidos or Persēidis); third declension
- Hecate (daughter of Perses)
- 8 CE, Ovid, Metamorphoses 7.74:
- Ibat ad antiquas Hecates Perseidos aras
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- Ibat ad antiquas Hecates Perseidos aras
Declension
Third-declension noun (Greek-type, normal variant or non-Greek-type).
1In poetry.
Descendants
Further reading
- “Perseis”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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