Περσική

See also: περσική

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From an ellipsis of Περσῐκή γῆ (Persĭkḗ gê, “Persian land”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /per.si.kɛ̌ː/ → /per.siˈci/ → /per.siˈci/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /per.si.kɛ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /per.siˈke̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /per.siˈci/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /per.siˈci/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /per.siˈci/

Proper noun

Περσῐκή • (Persĭkḗ) f (genitive Περσῐκῆς); first declension

1. Persia

Declension

First declension of ἡ Περσῐκή; τῆς Περσῐκῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Περσῐκή hē Persĭkḗ
Genitive	τῆς Περσῐκῆς tês Persĭkês
Dative	τῇ Περσῐκῇ têi Persĭkêi
Accusative	τὴν Περσῐκήν tḕn Persĭkḗn
Vocative	Περσῐκή Persĭkḗ
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms

• Περσῐ́ς (Persĭ́s)

Related terms

• Περσῐκός (Persĭkós)
• Περσῐ́ς (Persĭ́s)
• Περσῐστῐ́ (Persĭstĭ́)

Descendants

• Greek: Περσική (Persikí)
• → Latin: Persica
  • ⇒ Latin: persicum (“peach”) (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,021