περ

See also: πέρ

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /per/ → /per/ → /per/

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

Etymology 1

From περί (perí). Compare περικαλλής (perikallḗs, “very beautiful”), Latin permagnus (“very great”) etc.

Alternative forms

• πέρ (pér) — stressed

Particle

περ • (per) (most common in Epic and Lyric)

1. Enclitic particle that follows the word it modifies and adds force to it

Derived terms

• εἴπερ (eíper)
• ἔνθαπερ (énthaper)
• ἐπειδήπερ (epeidḗper)
• ἐπείπερ (epeíper)
• ἠέπερ (ēéper)
• ἤπερ (ḗper)
• ᾗπερ (hêiper)
• καίπερ (kaíper)
• ὅθιπερ (hóthiper)
• ὅσοσπερ (hósosper)
• ὅσπερ (hósper)
• ὅτεπερ (hóteper)
• οὗπερ (hoûper)
• ὥσπερ (hṓsper)

Etymology 2

See περί (perí).

Preposition

περ • (per) (governs the genitive, dative, and accusative)

1. Thessalian and Delphic form of περί (perí)

Further reading

• “περ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• περ in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “περ”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• G4007 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • although idem, page 26.
  • however idem, page 408.
  • though idem, page 868.