Perse

perse persé per se përse Persé English + (Greek mythology) Etymology 1 en grc Πέρση mythology, literally "destroyer", from the verb grc πέρθω to destroy. Compare en Perses. Proper noun en Q1333108 en Greek god An Oceanid, (one of the three thousand daughters of the Titans' Oceanus and Tethys), and the wife of the sun god, Helios, by whom she is the mother of Aeetes, Perses, Pasiphae and Circe. One of her many sisters is Amphitrite, (the wife of Poseidon). Perse is also closely identified with Hecate. en Persa<q:via Latin> en Perseis Translations one of the Oceanids Armenian: hy Պերսե Finnish: fi Perse, fi Perseis French: fr Persé f Latin: la Persa Persē f Further reading Perse at theoi.com Etymology 2 A variant of en Piers. Proper noun en rare given names. Anagrams en eeprs peers Reeps spere esper Prees Peres pères speer Spree spree Esper Peers Serpe prees French Pronunciation fr LL-Q150 (fra)-GrandCelinien-Perse.wav <<France>> (<<Paris>>) fr perce perces percent Perses Etymology 1 fr Persian :inh frm:Perse<id:Persian> + fr frm Perse, from fr la Persēs Persian/fr Persa Persian, from fr grc Πέρσης, from fr peo 𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿 pārsa. Noun mfbysense Persian person fr Persan<g:m> Persane<g:f> Descendants ht Pès Etymology 2 fr Persia :inh frm:Perse<id:Persia> + fr frm Perse, from fr la Persia, from la Persēs Persian/la Persa Persian Persian man 1 la -ia<pos:suffix forming country names> land of the Persians, with the first element borrowed by Latin from fr grc Πέρσης, itself borrowed from fr peo 𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿 Xpeo pārsa. fr Perse<id:Persian><t:Persian> -ie. The Latin suffix la -ia was muted in French because it was unstressed, in this term as in fr Grèce (from la Graecia) or fr France (from la Francia).en 1862 Gaston Paris Étude sur le rôle de l'accent latin dans la langue francaise https://www.google.com/books?id=tFRW9Dmw16oC?pg=PA94 94: "Pour les noms géographiques, il y a quelques observations assez délicates à faire. Les noms de lieux en ĭa qui existaient en latin suivent généralement la règle ordinaire et suppriment le suffixe : Persia-Perse ; Græcia-Grèce ; Francia-France." Compare the learned doublet fr Persie. Proper noun f Persia fr Persie fr Perside Descendants ht Pès Related terms fr persan Persan,Persane persaniser perse persique persienne References Anagrams fr pères peser serpe fr Countries Persia Middle French Etymology 1 frm Persian :lbor la:Persa<id:Persian> + frm la Persēs<id:Persian>,Persa<id:Persian>, from frm grc Πέρσης, from frm peo 𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿 pārsa. Noun mfbysense Persian person frm Persan<g:m> Persane<g:f> Persien<g:m> Persienne<g:f> Descendants fr Perse<id:Persian> Etymology 2 frm Persia :lbor la:Persia + frm la Persia, from la Persēs Persian/la Persa Persian Persian man 1 la -ia<pos:suffix forming country names> land of the Persians, with the first element borrowed by Latin from frm grc Πέρσης, itself borrowed from frm peo 𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿 Xpeo pārsa. frm Perse<id:Persian><t:Persian> -ie. The Latin suffix la -ia was muted in French because it was unstressed, in this term as in frm Græce (from la Graecia) or frm France (from la Francia).en 1862 Gaston Paris Étude sur le rôle de l'accent latin dans la langue francaise https://www.google.com/books?id=tFRW9Dmw16oC?pg=PA94 94: "Pour les noms géographiques, il y a quelques observations assez délicates à faire. Les noms de lieux en ĭa qui existaient en latin suivent généralement la règle ordinaire et suppriment le suffixe : Persia-Perse ; Græcia-Grèce ; Francia-France." Compare the learned doublet frm Persie. Proper noun f Persia frm Persie frm Perside Descendants fr Perse<id:Persia> References Old English Proper noun m-p the Persians late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans ang Þǣr wæs Persa X M ofslæġen ġehorsedra, ⁊ eahtatiġ M fēþena,⁊ eahtatiġ M ġefangenra. There, 10,000 Persian cavalry were slain, and 80,000 infanty, and 80,000 were captured. Declension Perse Perse Persa, Persea Persum, Perseum Further reading Perse 25178 ang Ethnonyms