persea

See also: Persea

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek περσέα (perséa).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈper.se.a/, [ˈpɛrs̠eä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈper.se.a/, [ˈpɛrseä]

Noun

persea f (genitive perseae); first declension

1. kind of sacred tree in Egypt and Persia

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	persea	perseae
genitive	perseae	perseārum
dative	perseae	perseīs
accusative	perseam	perseās
ablative	perseā	perseīs
vocative	persea	perseae

Descendants

• → Translingual: Persea

References

• “persea”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• persea in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.